Research Article

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Facilitate A549 Cell Invasion and Migration in a Macrophage-Maintained Inflammatory Microenvironment

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of enrolled population.

CharacteristicsLung cancer ()Health control () value

Sex,
 Male5818
 Female1460.562
Age, years ()0.655
Smoking history,
 Yes4215
 No2090.645
Tumor size,
 T110
 T224
 T311
 T417
Lymph node metastasis,
 N013
 N113
 N223
 N313
TNM stage,
 I5
 II11
 III19
 IV27
Pathology stage,
Adenocarcinoma32
Squamous cell carcinoma30
Main driver gene mutation
EGFR8
ALK1
Peripheral leukocyte0.153
Peripheral neutrophils0.437

SD: standard deviation; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK: anaplastic lymphoma kinase.