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Table 1 Characteristics of MPM patients and non-MPM subjects with a history of asbestos exposure

From: Serum HMGB1 as a prognostic marker for malignant pleural mesothelioma

  

Cases (%)

Total

MPM

   
 

Age

65.5±9.2

 
 

Gender

Male / Female

44(72.1)/ 17(27.9)

61

 

Histology

Epithelioid

43(70.6)

 
  

Sarcomatoid

8(13.1)

 
  

Biphasic

6(9.8)

 
  

Desmoplastic

3(4.9)

 
  

Anaplastic

1(1.6)

 
 

Stage

I / II / III / IV

7(11.5)/ 6(9.8) / 11(18.0) / 37(60.7)

 

Non-MPM*

   
 

Age

67.1±10.3

 
 

Gender

Male / Female

39(86.7) / 6(13.3)

45

 

CT findings

Plaque

24(53.3)

 
  

Asbestosis

0(0.0)

 
  

Plaque and asbestosis

2(4.5)

 
  

None

19(42.2)

 
  1. *All individuals were exposed to asbestos.