Research Article

Association of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations with Metastatic Presentations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Table 2

Relationship between clinical factors and EGFR mutations.

CharacteristicNumber of patients with EGFR mutations (%) 𝑃 OR in multivariate analysis (95% CI) 𝑃

Age, years.690NI
 ≤6318 (27)
 >6318 (31)
Gender<.001.805
 Male15 (17)Reference
 Female21 (55)0.8 (0.1–4.8)
Smoking history<.001.020
 Yes12 (15)Reference
 Never24 (53)7.7 (1.4–42.8)
Histology<.001.005
 ADC32 (40)9.4 (2.0–41.5)
 Others4 (9)Reference
Tumor size.367NI
 Small (≤4.2)21 (32)
 Large (>4.2)15 (25)
T stage.616NI
 T1-223 (27)
 T3-413 (32)
N stage.033.017
 N0–230 (35)Reference
 N36 (15)0.2 (0.0–0.7)
M stage.037NI
 M07 (16)
 M129 (35)
Metastases to pleura.001
 PMME10 (71) 24.2 (4.1<)<.001
 Non-PMME2 (15)0.8 (0.1–5.2).783
 No24 (24)Reference
Metastases to lung.082NI
 No21 (24)
 Yes15 (39)
Metastases to brain.075NI
 No24 (24)
 Yes10 (43)
Metastases to bone.121NI
 No21 (24)
 Yes14 (39)
Metastases to liver.410NI
 No33 (28)
 Yes3 (43)
Metastases to other sites.347NI
 No34 (31)
 Yes2 (14)

Abbreviations as in Table 1.