Table 1 Characteristics of the NSCLC patients and healthy controls
Characteristics | Adenocarcinoma (stage) | SCC (stage) | Healthy control | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I/II | III | IV | I/II | III | IV | ||
Age | |||||||
 Years, mean ± SD | 63 ± 5.2 | 56 ± 9.5 | 57 ± 10.3 | 64 ± 7.8 | 61 ± 9.0 | 61 ± 8.6 | 69 ± 6.6 |
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
 Female | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Smoking status | |||||||
 Ever | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
 Never | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |