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Table 2 Characteristics of a testing 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 = 144)

Controls (n = 171)

P value

Age

66.32 (SD 12.68)

65.23 (SD 10.15)

0.33

Sex

  

0.39

 Male

114

135

 

 Female

30

36

 

Pack-years

44.38 (range, 6–169)

43.26 (range, 5–119)

0.35

FEV1/FVC

0.47–0.53

0.43–0.84

0.08

Nodule size (cm)

3.26 (SD, 1.38)

2.17 (SD, 0.98)

<0.01

Stage, all are stage I

   

Histological type

   

Adenocarcinoma (AC)

78

  

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

66

  
  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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