Relationship of SNP rs2645429 in Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase 1 Gene Promoter with Susceptibility to Lung Cancer

Table 1

Demographic data for healthy controls and NSCLC patients.

Demographic data	Healthy controls; Number (%)	NSCLC patients; Number (%)	value
Samples	61	34	—
Age (years)
Male	65.44 ± 7.91	64.25 ± 12.05	0.052^a
Female	61.59 ± 13.55	55.07 ± 12.43
Gender			0.06^b
Male	39 (64)	15 (44)
Female	22 (36)	19 (56)
Smoking status			0.79^b
Smoker	25 (65.9)	13 (34.1)
Nonsmoker	36 (63.2)	21 (36.8)

^aBased on independent sample t-test. ^bBased on chi-square test. Statistically, there was no difference between age and sex of the healthy and NSCLC groups (), but the number of smokers of the healthy control group was significantly higher than that in the NSCLC patient group ().