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Table 1 Characteristics of patients receiving lung tissue resection

From: Diagnosis of pulmonary nodules by DNA methylation analysis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids

Clinical features

Lung cancer

Benign diseases

Total

Age

   

> 60

12 (42.86%)

4 (13.79%)

16 (28.07%)

≤ 60

16 (57.14%)

25 (86.21%)

41 (71.93%)

Sex

   

Male

14 (50%)

12 (41.38%)

26 (45.61%)

Female

14 (50%)

17 (58.62%)

31 (54.39%)

Smoking history

   

Current

7 (25%)

6 (20.69%)

13 (22.81%)

Former

3 (10.71%)

1 (3.45%)

4 (7.02%)

Never

10 (35.71%)

19 (65.52%)

29 (50.88%)

Unknown

8 (28.57%)

3 (10.34%)

11 (19.30%)

Tumor stage

   

Stage I

16 (57.14%)

  

Stage II

3 (10.71%)

  

Stage III

8 (28.57%)

  

Stage IV

1 (3.57%)

  

Histology subtype

   

Adenosquamous carcinoma

25 (89.29%)

  

Squamous cell carcinomas

3 (10.71%)

  

Hamartoma

 

4 (13.79%)

 

Infection

 

7 (24.14%)

 

Inflammation

 

3 (10.34%)

 

Tuberculosis

 

12 (41.38%)

 

unknown

 

3 (10.34%)

 

Total

28 (49.12%)

29 (50.88%)

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