Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients with basaloid and non-basaloid SCCs.

From: Comparison of CT findings between basaloid squamous cell carcinoma and non-basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Characteristic

Basaloid (n = 39)

Non-basaloid (n = 161)

p value

Age (years)a

66.38 ± 9.357

66.3 ± 8.828

0.957

Sex (M: F)

37:2

148:13

0.74

Smoking history

  

0.633

Current smoker

13 (33.3)

53 (32.9)

 

Ex-smoker

24 (61.5)

92 (57.1)

 

Never smoker

2 (5.1)

16 (9.9)

 

Smoking duration (pack-years)a

37.077 ± 16.6388

36.292 ± 23.9652

0.811

Symptomsb

  

0.001

Yes

22 (56.4)

44 (27.3)

 

No

17 (43.6)

117 (72.7)

 
  1. Unless otherwise indicated, data are given as number of patients with percentages in parentheses. aData are given as mean ± standard deviation. bIncluded symptoms are cough, sputum, hemoptysis, dyspnea, and chest pain or discomfort. A p value < 0.05 was considered to be significant.
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