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Table 1 Characteristics of a training set of stage I NSCLC patients and smokers with benign pulmonary nodules

From: Integrating DNA methylation and microRNA biomarkers in sputum for lung cancer detection

 

NSCLC cases (n = 117)

Controls (n = 174)

P value

Age

66.53 (SD 10.98)

65.36 (SD 10.15)

0.34

Sex

  

0.36

 Male

93

138

 

 Female

24

36

 

Pack-years

45.83 (range, 6–148)

44.67 (range, 5–115)

0.34

FEV1/FVC

0.48–0.73

0.44–0.67

0.12

Nodule size (cm)

3.23 (SD, 1.62)

2.25 (SD, 1.04)

<0.01

Stage, all are stage I

   

Histological type

   

Adenocarcinoma (AC)

63

  

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

54

  
  1. Abbreviations: NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, SD standard derivation, FEV1/FVC forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity
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