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Table 1 Characteristics of the cohort at baseline in the discovery cohort

From: Preoperative splenic area as a prognostic biomarker of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Variable

Total (n = 2532)1

Splenic area

P value2

Normal (n = 727)1

Abnormal (n = 1805)1

Age, years

    

Mean (SD)

58.82 (9.56)

58.24 (9.33)

59.05 (9.64)

0.05

Median (IQR)

59.00 (52.00,66.00)

57.00 (52.00,65.00)

59.00 (52.00,66.00)

0.04

Sex, n (%)

   

<0.001

Female

1158 (45.73)

383 (52.68)

775 (42.94)

 

Male

1374 (54.27)

344 (47.32)

1030 (57.06)

 

Smoking history, n (%)

   

0.008

Never smoker

1476 (58.29)

457 (62.86)

1019 (56.45)

 

Current or former smoker

1022 (40.36)

259 (35.63)

763 (42.27)

 

Unknown

34 (1.34)

11 (1.51)

23 (1.27)

 

Preoperative CEA, ng/mL

    

Mean (SD)

13.82 (156.60)

12.14 (85.85)

14.50 (177.35)

0.67

Median (IQR)

3.30 (2.05,5.79)

3.11 (2.04,5.70)

3.34 (2.05,5.80)

0.23

Tumor location, n (%)

   

0.61

Upper lobe

1277 (50.43)

356 (48.97)

921 (51.02)

 

Non–upper lobe

1248 (49.29)

369 (50.76)

879 (48.70)

 

Unknown

7 (0.28)

2 (0.28)

5 (0.28)

 

Surgical approach, n (%)

   

0.63

Thoracoscope

1591 (62.84)

457 (62.86)

1134 (62.83)

 

Thoracotomy

837 (33.06)

236 (32.46)

601 (33.30)

 

Unknown

104 (4.11)

34 (4.68)

70 (3.88)

 

Tumor differentiation, n (%)

   

0.045

Moderate-Well

288 (11.37)

69 (9.49)

219 (12.13)

 

Poor-undifferentiated

126 (4.98)

29 (3.99)

97 (5.37)

 

Other

2118 (83.65)

629 (86.52)

1489 (82.49)

 

T stage, n (%)

   

0.80

T1

1089 (43.01)

305 (41.95)

784 (43.43)

 

T2

962 (37.99)

275 (37.83)

687 (38.06)

 

T3

293 (11.57)

93 (12.79)

200 (11.08)

 

T4

184 (7.27)

53 (7.29)

131 (7.26)

 

Unknown

4 (0.16)

1 (0.14)

3 (0.17)

 

N stage, n (%)

   

0.43

N0

1546 (61.06)

453 (62.31)

1093 (60.55)

 

N1

233 (9.20)

68 (9.35)

165 (9.14)

 

N2-N3

350 (13.82)

104 (14.31)

246 (13.63)

 

Unknown

403 (15.92)

102 (14.03)

301 (16.68)

 

Histologic Stage, n (%)

   

0.15

I

1216 (54.63)

348 (53.95)

868 (54.90)

 

II

410 (18.42)

133 (20.62)

277 (17.52)

 

III

526 (23.63)

151 (23.41)

375 (23.72)

 

Unknown

380 (15.01)

95 (13.07)

285 (15.79)

 

Histologic type, n (%)

   

0.71

Adenocarcinoma

1961 (77.45)

569 (78.27)

1392 (77.12)

 

Squamous cell carcinoma

454 (17.93)

128 (17.61)

326 (18.06)

 

Other

117 (4.62)

30 (4.13)

87 (4.82)

 

Pleural invasion, n (%)

   

0.66

Yes

425 (16.79)

121 (16.64)

304 (16.84)

 

No

2064 (81.52)

591 (81.29)

1473 (81.61)

 

Unknown

43 (1.70)

15 (2.06)

28 (1.55)

 

Adjuvant chemotherapy, n (%)

   

0.76

Yes

1216 (48.03)

357 (49.11)

859 (47.59)

 

No

1075 (42.46)

304 (41.82)

771 (42.71)

 

Unknown

241 (9.52)

66 (9.08)

175 (9.70)

 
  1. Note:
  2. 1 Data are median (IQR)/ Mean (SD) or n (%)
  3. 2P-value, using Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test, chi-square test or exact Fisher test depending on whether the variable is continuous or categorical