The Impact of IL-16 3′UTR Polymorphism rs859 on Lung Carcinoma Susceptibility among Chinese Han Individuals

Table 1

Distribution of the selected characteristics in lung cancer cases and controls.

Variables	Cases (N = 322)	Controls (N = 384)	P value
Gender			> 0.05
Male	245 (76.1%)	278 (72.4%)
Female	77 (23.9%)	106 (27.6%)
Age (years)	59.00	51.16	< 0.05
Standard Deviation	9.83	11.49
Smoking Status			< 0.001
Smokers	182 (56.5%)	164 (42.7%)
Non-smokers	140 (43.5%)	220 (57.3%)
Alcohol Drinking Status			< 0.001
Ever	93 (28.9%)	169 (44.0%)
Never	229 (71.1%)	215 (56.0%)
Pathological Type
Adenocarcinoma	150 (46.6%)
Squamous Cell Carcinoma	98 (30.4%)
Small Cell Carcinoma	74 (23.0%)
TNM Stage
I-II Stage	75 (23.3%)
III-IV Stage	213 (66.1%)
Unknown	34 (10.6%)
Lymph Node Metastasis
Positive Cases	195 (60.6%)
Negative Cases	127 (39.4%)

P-value: P-value obtained from Chi-squared test.
P-value: P-value obtained from independent sample t-test.