Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients.

From: EV-associated miRNAs from pleural lavage as potential diagnostic biomarkers in lung cancer

 

Lung Cancer

Control

Age

  

  Median

68

77

  Minimum

52

62

  Maximum

84

92

Gender

  

Female

2

9

Male

12

11

Pathology

  

Lung Cancer

14

  ADC

9

  LUSC

7

Heart failure

14

Hepatic hydrothorax

2

Post CABG surgery

1

Constructive pericarditis

1

SVC obstruction

1

Chronic kidney disease

1

  1. Clinical characteristics of the final cohort of patients included in the study after data normalization.
  2. *ADC: adenocarcinoma.
  3. *LUSC: lung squamous carcinoma.
  4. *SVC: superior vena cava.
  5. *CABG: coronary artery bypass graft.