Table 1.

Patients’ Clinical Characteristics

Characteristics	Patients with Fungal Nodules (n = 68)	Patients with Cancerous Nodules (n = 140)	P-value
Age (years)	51.2 ± 11.5	61.3 ± 10.2	0.000
Sex (male)	37 (54.4)	78 (55.7)	0.859
History of malignant tumor	7 (10.3)	10 (7.1)	0.436
Number of immunocompromised cases	30 (44.1)	25 (17.9)	0.000
Smoking history	19 (27.9)	59 (42.1)	0.047
Drinking history	18 (26.5)	41 (29.3)	0.673
Clinical symptoms	30 (44.1)	75 (53.6)	0.201

Note: Data are expressed as number (percentage) or mean ± standard deviation.