Implication of DNA Methylation Profiling in Oral Epithelium for Lung Cancer Screening

Table 1

Demographic and clinicopathological features of the patient and control groups.

Characteristics	Patients (𝑛=16)	Controls (𝑛=32)
Gender
Male	8	18
Female	8	14
Age
Range	58–82	34–72
Median	64	54
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	12
Squamous cell carcinoma	4
Pathological stage
IA, IB	13
IIA, IIB	3
Smoking history
Current and former	11	17
Never	5	15