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Table 2 Characteristics of patients who underwent surgery for lung cancer

From: Presence of heat shock protein 47-positive fibroblasts in cancer stroma is associated with increased risk of postoperative recurrence in patients with lung cancer

Characteristics

 

% or (IQR)

[n]

N, no

133

  

Age, median

70

(62.0–77.0)

[133]

Sex Male, no

87

65.4%

[133]

BMI (kg/m2), median

22.8

(20.9–24.7)

[133]

History of smoking, no

76

61.8%

[123]

Brinkman index, median

900

(500–1393)

[81]

Pulmonary function test

 %VC, median (%)

110.7

(100.9–120.6)

[103]

 FEV1/FVC, median (%)

73.9

(64.7–77.6)

[103]

 %DLCO, median (%)

88.6

(75.7–105.7)

[98]

KL-6, median (U/mL)

234

(169.5–321)

[81]

Orgnization type of lung cancer

 Adenocarcinoma, no

99

74.4%

[133]

 Squamous cell carcinoma, no

24

18.0%

[133]

 Small cell caricnoma, no

4

3.0%

[133]

 LCNEC, no

4

3.0%

[133]

   Adenosquamous cell carcinoma, no

2

1.5%

[133]

Tumor size (mm)

23

(15–32.5)

[133]

pT classification, no (T3, T4)

28

26.4%

[133]

pN classification, no (N1, N2)

23

17.3%

[133]

pM classification, no (M1)

2

1.5%

[133]

pStage

 I

100

77.4%

[133]

 II

19

14.2%

[133]

 III

12

7.6%

[133]

 IV

2

0.9%

[133]

  1. IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, VC vital capacity, FEV1/FVC forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity, DLCO diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, KL-6 Klebs von den Lungen-6, LCNEC Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma