Characteristic | Patients, No. (%) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Training cohort | P* | Validation cohort | P* | |
Sex | Â | 1.05 | Â | 1.24 |
 Male | 59 (46.8) |  | 26 (42.6) |  |
 Female | 67 (53.2) |  | 35 (57.4) |  |
Age, median (range), y | 55 (32–83) | 1.36 | 50 (37–87) | 1.02 |
Smoking status | Â | 0.95 | Â | 0.84 |
 Ever | 71 (56.3) |  | 33 (54.1) |  |
 Never | 55 (43.7) |  | 28 (45.9) |  |
Histopathology | Â | 0.16 | Â | 0.08 |
 ADC | 108 (85.7) |  | 51 (83.6) |  |
 SCC | 18 (14.3) |  | 10 (16.4) |  |
Tumor location | Â | 0.23 | Â | 0.34 |
 Left | 67 (53.2) |  | 34 (55.7) |  |
 Right | 46 (36.5) |  | 21 (34.4) |  |
 Others | 13 (10.3) |  | 6 (9.9) |  |
TNM stage |  | < 0.001 |  | < 0.001 |
 II | 16 (12.7) |  | 9 (14.8) |  |
 III | 78 (61.9) |  | 39 (63.9) |  |
 IV | 32 (25.4) |  | 13 (21.3) |  |