Research Article

Identification of Novel Subtypes in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Evidence from Gene Set Variation Analysis in Tumor and Adjacent Nontumor Samples

Table 1

The correlation between clinical characteristics and subtypes.

TotalC1 ()C2 ()C3 () value

Gender (%)0.0039
 Female270 (54%)74 (43.79%)117 (57.92%)79 (61.24%)
 Male230 (46%)95 (56.21%)85 (42.08%)50 (38.76%)
Age (%)0.0003
 <60146 (29.2%)65 (38.46%)59 (29.21%)22 (17.05%)
 > =60354 (70.8%)104 (61.54%)143 (70.79%)107 (82.95%)
TNM staging (%)0.0103
 I268 (53.6%)73 (43.2%)112 (55.45%)83 (64.34%)
 II119 (23.8%)46 (27.22%)51 (25.25%)22 (17.05%)
 III80 (16%)36 (21.3%)30 (14.85%)14 (10.85%)
 IV25 (5%)12 (7.1%)7 (3.47%)6 (4.65%)
 Unknown8 (1.6%)2 (1.18%)2 (0.99%)4 (3.1%)
T staging (%)0.0001
 T1167 (33.4%)38 (22.49%)67 (33.17%)62 (48.06%)
 T2267 (53.4%)103 (60.95%)118 (58.42%)46 (35.66%)
 T345 (9%)20 (11.83%)12 (5.94%)13 (10.08%)
 T418 (3.6%)7 (4.14%)5 (2.48%)6 (4.65%)
 Unknown3 (0.6%)1 (0.59%)0 (0%)2 (1.55%)
M staging (%)0.0765
 M0332 (66.4%)119 (70.41%)135 (66.83%)78 (60.47%)
 M124 (4.8%)12 (7.1%)7 (3.47%)5 (3.88%)
 Unknown144 (28.8%)38 (22.49%)60 (29.7%)46 (35.66%)
N staging (%)0.0012
 N0324 (64.8%)96 (56.8%)129 (63.86%)99 (76.74%)
 N194 (18.8%)38 (22.49%)41 (20.3%)15 (11.63%)
 N269 (13.8%)33 (19.53%)27 (13.37%)9 (6.98%)
 N32 (0.4%)0 (0%)2 (0.99%)0 (0%)
 Unknown11 (2.2%)2 (1.18%)3 (1.49%)6 (4.65%)