Research Article

Chinese Herbal Prescription Fu-Zheng-Qu-Xie Prevents Recurrence and Metastasis of Postoperative Early-Stage Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Prospective Cohort Study Followed with Potential Mechanism Exploration

Table 1

The baseline clinical data of enrolled patients and healthy control population.

CharacteristicControl group ()Treatment group ()Healthy control group (n =110)

Gender (%)0.4050.817
 Male85 (35.3)76 (33.9)35 (31.8)
 Female156 (64.7)148 (66.1)75 (68.2)
Age (%)2.6410.267
 <60110 (45.6)119 (53.1)53 (48.2)
 ≥60131 (54.4)105 (46.9)57 (51.8)
Smoking (%)0.1580.924
 No220 (91.3)204 (91.1)99 (90.0)
 Yes21 (8.7)20 (8.9)11 (10.0)
TNM stage (%)0.0150.992
 Tis31 (12.9)28 (12.5)/
 IA192 (79.7)179 (79.9)/
 IB18 (7.5)17 (7.6)/
Infiltration (%)6.3990.094
 In situ31 (12.9)27 (12.1)/
 Microinvasive53 (22.0)50 (22.3)/
 Invasive154 (63.9)135 (60.3)/
 Unknown3 (1.2)12 (5.4)/

No statistically significant difference was detected among three groups (). No statistically significant difference was detected between the control group and the treatment group ().