Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients in validation cohort 1 and validation cohort 2
|  | Validation cohort 1 (n = 705) | Validation cohort 2 (n = 175) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Entire cohort | Low-risk group (n  = 352) | High-risk group (n = 353) | p | Entire cohort | Low-risk group (n = 88) | High-risk group (n = 87) | p |
Age, year, median (IQR) | 61 (56–67) | 62 (52–67) | 61 (55–67) | 0.122 | 61 (54–67) | 61 (55–69) | 59 (53–66) | 0.547 |
 >65 | 205 (29.1) | 110 (31.3) | 95 (26.9) | 0.205 | 53 (30.3) | 29 (33.0) | 24 (27.6) | 0.440 |
 ≤65 | 500 (70.9) | 242 (68.8) | 258 (73.1) |  | 122 (69.7) | 59 (67.0) | 63 (72.4) |  |
Sex, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.853 | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 Male | 298 (42.3) | 150 (42.6) | 148 (41.9) |  | 84 (48.0) | 53 (60.2) | 31 (35.6) |  |
 Female | 407 (57.7) | 202 (57.4) | 205 (58.1) |  | 91 (52.0) | 35 (39.8) | 56 (64.4) |  |
Smoking history, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.083 | Â | Â | Â | 0.154 |
 Never | 567 (80.4) | 274 (77.8) | 293 (83.0) |  | 137 (78.3) | 65 (73.7) | 72 (82.8) |  |
 Current or ever | 138 (19.6) | 78 (22.2) | 60 (17.0) |  | 38 (21.7) | 23 (26.1) | 15 (17.2) |  |
Tumor location, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.329 | Â | Â | Â | 0.954 |
 Left lung | 273 (38.7) | 130 (36.9) | 143 (40.5) |  | 64 (36.6) | 32 (36.4) | 32 (36.8) |  |
 Right lung | 432 (61.3) | 222 (63.1) | 210 (59.5) |  | 111 (63.4) | 56 (63.6) | 55 (63.2) |  |
Surgery type, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.147 | Â | Â | Â | 0.583 |
 Sublobar resection | 95 (13.5) | 54 (15.3) | 41 (11.6) |  | 16 (9.1) | 7 (8.0) | 9 (10.3) |  |
 Lobectomy or above | 610 (86.5) | 298 (84.7) | 312 (88.4) |  | 159 (90.9) | 81 (92.0) | 78 (89.7) |  |
EGFR mutation, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.087 | Â | Â | Â | 0.271 |
 Positive | 459 (65.1) | 240 (68.2) | 219 (62.0) |  | 122 (69.7) | 58 (65.9) | 64 (73.6) |  |
 Negative | 246 (34.9) | 112 (31.8) | 134 (38.0) |  | 53 (30.3) | 30 (34.1) | 23 (26.4) |  |
KRAS mutation, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.591 | Â | Â | Â | 0.107 |
 Positive | 58 (8.2) | 27 (7.7) | 31 (8.8) |  | 10 (5.7) | 8 (9.1) | 2 (2.3) |  |
 Negative | 647 (91.8) | 325 (92.3) | 322 (91.2) |  | 165 (94.3) | 90 (90.9) | 85 (97.7) |  |
VPI, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.098 | Â | Â | Â | 0.089 |
 Present | 169 (24.0) | 75 (21.3) | 94 (26.6) |  | 52 (29.7) | 21 (23.9) | 31 (35.6) |  |
 Absent | 536 (76.0) | 277 (78.7) | 258 (73.4) |  | 123 (70.3) | 67 (76.1) | 56 (64.4) |  |
STAS, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.048 | Â | Â | Â | 0.493 |
 Present | 231 (32.8) | 103 (29.3) | 128 (36.3) |  | 64 (36.6) | 30 (34.1) | 34 (39.1) |  |
 Absent | 474 (67.2) | 249 (70.7) | 225 (63.7) |  | 111 (63.4) | 58 (65.9) | 53 (60.9) |  |
LVI, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.163 | Â | Â | Â | 0.101 |
 Present | 99 (14.0) | 43 (12.2) | 56 (15.9) |  | 30 (17.1) | 11 (12.5) | 19 (21.8) |  |
 Absent | 606 (86.0) | 309 (87.8) | 297 (84.1) |  | 145 (82.9) | 77 (87.5) | 68 (78.2) |  |
IASLC grade, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | Â | 0.826 |
 I | 129 (18.3) | 73 (20.7) | 56 (15.9) |  | 33 (18.9) | 18 (20.5) | 15 (17.2) |  |
 II | 199 (28.2) | 119 (33.8) | 80 (22.7) |  | 45 (25.7) | 23 (26.1) | 22 (25.3) |  |
 III | 377 (53.5) | 160 (45.5) | 217 (61.5) |  | 97 (55.4) | 47 (53.4) | 50 (57.5) |  |
TNM stage, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.234 | Â | Â | Â | 0.382 |
 I | 542 (76.9) | 279 (79.3) | 263 (74.5) |  | 125 (71.4) | 67 (76.1) | 58 (66.7) |  |
 II | 57 (8.1) | 28 (8.0) | 29 (8.2) |  | 19 (10.9) | 8 (9.1) | 11 (12.6) |  |
 III | 106 (15.0) | 45 (12.8) | 61 (17.3) |  | 31 (17.7) | 13 (14.8) | 18 (20.7) |  |
Adjuvant chemotherapy, n (%) | 247 (35.0) | 107 (30.4) | 140 (39.7) | 0.010 | 56 (32.0) | 26 (29.5) | 30 (34.5) | 0.484 |
Follow-up time, months, median (range) | 68.0 (1.0–95.0) | 65.0 (1.0–87.0) | 69.0 (1.0–95.0) |  | 68.0 (1.0–91.0) | 61.0 (1.0–77.0) | 72.0 (1.0–91.0) |  |
Recurrence, n (%) | 200 (28.4) | 68 (19.3) | 132 (37.4) | <0.001 | 50 (28.6) | 13 (14.8) | 37 (42.5) | <0.001 |
WSI number per patient, median (range) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 0.919 | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 0.152 |
WSI number, total | 1516 | 758 | 758 | Â | 307 | 158 | 149 | Â |