Table 3 Overall survival according to baseline characteristics among patients with (+) IS6110.

From: Clinical and pathological characteristics associated with the presence of the IS6110 Mycobacterim tuberculosis transposon in neoplastic cells from non-small cell lung cancer patients

Characteristic

OS (95% CI)

P

PCR 6110

Negative

15.5 (4.1–26.9)

0.58

Positive

15.3 (5.5–25.3)

Age

< 60

15.5 (5.5–25.5)

0.92

> 60

13.8 (3.6–24.3)

Gender

Male

7.4 (0.9–13.8)

0.08

Female

20.5 (10.9–30.0)

Smoking history

No

15.5 (6.5–24.5)

0.31

Yes

15.4 (6.0–24.7)

Woodsmoke exposure

No

17.1 (3.9–30.3)

0.92

Yes

12.3 (5.3–19.3)

Asbestos exposure

No

17.1 (8.1-16.2)

0.24

Yes

9.6 (0.0–22.9)

ECOG

0–1

17.1 (8.7–25.5)

0.06

 > 2

7.6 (0.7–14.4)

Diabetes

No

15.5 (7.1–23.9)

0.97

Yes

13.8 (0.0–30.2)

Histology

Adenocarcinoma

17.1 (8.6–25.7)

0.001

Other

2.1 (1.1–3.2)

Adenocarcinoma subtype

Papillary

26.5 (10.6–42.4)

0.02

Acinar

23.0 (14.8–31.1)

Solid

12.3 (2.6–22.0)

Lepidic

NA

Not specified/other histology

4.5 (0.0–10.2)

  1. Significant values are in bold.