Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of the patients

From: The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediates tobacco-induced PD-L1 expression and is associated with response to immunotherapy

Characteristics

Case, n

PD-L1-high, n (%)

P value*

Total

62

25 (40.3)

 

Gender

   

 Male

41

20 (48.8)

0.06

 Female

21

5 (23.8)

 

Smoking

   

 Smoker

35

18 (51.4)

0.04

 Non-smoker

27

7 (25.9)

 

Age

   

 <65

46

20 (43.5)

0.39

 ≥65

16

5 (31.2)

 

Histology

   

 Adenocarcinoma

38

14 (36.8)

0.54

 Squamous-cell carcinoma

20

9 (45)

 

 Others

4

2 (50)

 

TNM stage

   

 I

28

10 (35.6)

0.3

 II

7

2 (28.6)

 

 III

22

10 (45.5)

 

 IV

5

3 (60)

 
  1. * tested by the Fisher exact test.