Table 2 Summary of background information of patients with other lung diseases and healthy volunteers used for LPC biomarker assay.
Factor | Category | Lung cancer | Bacterial pneumonia | Nontuberculous mycobacteriosis | Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia | Lung disease associated with connective tissue disease | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Bronchial asthma | Healthy volunteer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
no. of subjects | Â | 68 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 90 |
Age | Range/median (no. of sub.) | 44–81/70.5 (68) | 55–81/73.5 (10) | 48–83/64.5 (20) | 41–83/72.5 (38) | 50–83/68 (23) | 51–80/66 (13) | 42–87/60 (12) | 25–65/47 (90) |
Gender | Female/male (no. of sub.) | 20/48 (68) | 3/7 (10) | 15/5 (20) | 8/31 (39) | 16/7 (23) | 2/11 (13) | 8/4 (12) | 45/45 (90) |
BMI | Range/median (no. of sub.) | 15.9–30.4/21.9 (67) | 16.5–29.3/22.8 (10) | 12.7–24.7/18.7 (20) | 15.7–32.4/24.3 (39) | 19.9–44.3/23.7 (23) | 13–29.4/21.1 (13) | 18.7–32/24.5 (12) | 18.4–25.6/21.4 (90) |
Smoking habit | No/Yes (no. of sub.) | 14/52 (66) | 4/6 (10) | 15/4 (19) | 5/34 (39) | 12/10 (22) | 0/13 (13) | 6/5 (11) | NA |
Chest radiation | No/Yes (no. of sub.) | 60/8 (68) | 9/1 (10) | 19/1 (20) | 38/0 (38) | 23/0 (23) | 12/0(12) | 12/0 (12) | NA |
