Prognostic Correlation of an Autophagy-Related Gene Signature in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients from TCGA in this study.

Features	Alive	Dead	Total
	()	()	()
Gender
Female	64	68	132
Male	217	146	363
Age
Mean (SD)	59.44 (11.2)	62.97 (12.4)	60.97 (11.9)
Median [min, max]	60 [19, 85]	63 [24, 88]	61 [19, 88]
Anatomic subd
Oral cavity	179	149	328
Other	102	65	167
Clinical stage
Stage I	21	4	25
Stage II	50	30	80
Stage III	55	35	90
Stage IVA	150	134	284
Stage IVB	5	8	13
Stage IVC	0	3	3
Grade
G1	39	22	61
G2	166	131	297
G3	63	53	116
G4	2	0	2
GX	9	7	16
NA	2	1	3
Alcohol history
Yes	192	138	330
No	83	71	154
NA	6	5	11
Smoking status
Never	67	42	109
Former/current	212	164	376
NA	2	8	10

SD: standard deviation; sub: subdivision.