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Table 3 Associations between molecular subtypes and clinicopathologic variables in the validation cohort

From: Simplified molecular classification of lung adenocarcinomas based on EGFR, KRAS, and TP53 mutations

Variable

N

Overall

sTRU

(n = 74)

sPP

(n = 102)

sPI

(n = 83)

EGFR/TP53

(n = 74)

KRAS/TP53

(n = 50)

Non-TRUPPPI

(n = 38)

No mutation

(n = 63)

P

Age, mean (standard deviation), y

484

63.7 (10.4)

66.4 (9.1)

65.9 (9.4)

63.2 (9.3)

59.1 (11.9)

64.1 (8.5)

63.7 (11.7)

62.7 (12.2)

< 0.001

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

484

        

< 0.001a

 Asian

 

40 (8.3)

13 (17.6)

2 (2.0)

4 (4.8)

14 (18.9)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.6)

6 (9.5)

 

 Black

 

36 (7.4)

2 (2.7)

11 (10.8)

6 (7.2)

6 (8.1)

3 (6.0)

2 (5.3)

6 (9.5)

 

 White

 

372 (76.9)

54 (73.0)

80 (78.4)

71 (85.5)

44 (59.5)

40 (80.0)

35 (92.1)

48 (76.2)

 

 Hispanic

 

31 (6.4)

5 (6.8)

8 (7.8)

2 (2.4)

7 (9.5)

6 (12.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (4.8)

 

 Other

 

5 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (4.1)

1 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Sex, n (%)

484

        

0.022

 Female

 

280 (57.9)

49 (66.2)

65 (63.7)

37 (44.6)

43 (58.1)

32 (64.0)

25 (65.8)

29 (46.0)

 

 Male

 

204 (42.1)

25 (33.8)

37 (36.3)

46 (55.4)

31 (41.9)

18 (36.0)

13 (34.2)

34 (54.0)

 

Smoking, n (%)

484

        

< 0.001a

 Current

 

60 (12.4)

2 (2.7)

22 (21.6)

14 (16.9)

4 (5.4)

8 (16.0)

3 (7.9)

7 (11.1)

 

 Former

 

270 (55.8)

26 (35.1)

69 (67.6)

55 (66.3)

29 (39.2)

39 (78.0)

25 (65.8)

27 (42.9)

 

 Never

 

154 (31.8)

46 (62.2)

11 (10.8)

14 (16.9)

41 (55.4)

3 (6.0)

10 (26.3)

29 (46.0)

 

Alcohol, n (%)

478

        

0.476a

 Current

 

174 (36.4)

30 (41.1)

36 (35.3)

29 (36.2)

26 (35.1)

16 (32.0)

16 (42.1)

21 (34.4)

 

 Former

 

91 (19.0)

12 (16.4)

21 (20.6)

14 (17.5)

7 (9.5)

14 (28.0)

10 (26.3)

13 (21.3)

 

 Never

 

177 (37.0)

28 (38.4)

35 (34.3)

31 (38.8)

33 (44.6)

17 (34.0)

12 (31.6)

21 (34.4)

 

 Social

 

36 (7.5)

3 (4.1)

10 (9.8)

6 (7.5)

8 (10.8)

3 (6.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (9.8)

 

 Tumor size, mean (standard deviation), cm

449

3.86 (2.28)

3.78 (2.05)

4.36 (2.81)

3.80 (2.16)

3.27 (1.69)

3.97 (2.20)

3.43 (2.00)

4.05 (2.44)

0.234

Metastatic, n (%)

275

        

0.018

 No

 

150 (54.5)

20 (38.5)

38 (69.1)

20 (47.6)

20 (45.5)

16 (59.3)

12 (66.7)

24 (64.9)

 

 Yes

 

125 (45.5)

32 (61.5)

17 (30.9)

22 (52.4)

24 (54.5)

11 (40.7)

6 (33.3)

13 (35.1)

 

Mucinous, n (%)

121

        

< 0.001

 0

 

91 (75.2)

21 (95.5)

20 (57.1)

11 (78.6)

10 (100.0)

11 (100.0)

3 (37.5)

15 (71.4)

 

 1

 

30 (24.8)

1 (4.5)

15 (42.9)

3 (21.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (62.5)

6 (28.6)

 

Lepidic, n (%)

121

        

0.063

 0

 

71 (58.7)

8 (36.4)

21 (60.0)

10 (71.4)

7 (70.0)

10 (90.9)

5 (62.5)

10 (47.6)

 

 1

 

50 (41.3)

14 (63.6)

14 (40.0)

4 (28.6)

3 (30.0)

1 (9.1)

3 (37.5)

11 (52.4)

 

Acinar, n (%)

121

        

0.012

 0

 

78 (64.5)

17 (77.3)

28 (80.0)

8 (57.1)

4 (40.0)

5 (45.5)

7 (87.5)

9 (42.9)

 

 1

 

43 (35.5)

5 (22.7)

7 (20.0)

6 (42.9)

6 (60.0)

6 (54.5)

1 (12.5)

12 (57.1)

 

Micro/papillary, n (%)

121

        

0.175

 0

 

106 (87.6)

21 (95.5)

31 (88.6)

14 (100.0)

7 (70.0)

10 (90.9)

6 (75.0)

17 (81.0)

 

 1

 

15 (12.4)

1 (4.5)

4 (11.4)

0 (0.0)

3 (30.0)

1 (9.1)

2 (25.0)

4 (19.0)

 

Solid, n (%)

121

        

0.143

 0

 

103 (85.1)

20 (90.9)

30 (85.7)

11 (78.6)

9 (90.0)

6 (54.5)

8 (100.0)

19 (90.5)

 

 1

 

18 (14.9)

2 (9.1)

5 (14.3)

3 (21.4)

1 (10.0)

5 (45.5)

0 (0.0)

2 (9.5)

 

Mixed, n (%)

121

        

0.492

 0

 

88 (72.7)

19 (86.4)

26 (74.3)

9 (64.3)

8 (80.0)

8 (72.7)

6 (75.0)

12 (57.1)

 

 1

 

33 (27.3)

3 (13.6)

9 (25.7)

5 (35.7)

2 (20.0)

3 (27.3)

2 (25.0)

9 (42.9)

 

Primary, n (%)

428

        

0.056

 0

 

233 (54.4)

39 (56.5)

40 (47.1)

41 (57.7)

30 (46.2)

21 (45.7)

22 (62.9)

40 (70.2)

 

 1

 

195 (45.6)

30 (43.5)

45 (52.9)

30 (42.3)

35 (53.8)

25 (54.3)

13 (37.1)

17 (29.8)

 

Stage, n (%)

483

        

< 0.001a

 I

 

118 (24.4)

20 (27.0)

26 (25.5)

14 (16.9)

19 (26.0)

16 (32.0)

11 (28.9)

12 (19.0)

 

 II

 

46 (9.5)

1 (1.4)

19 (18.6)

5 (6.0)

4 (5.5)

4 (8.0)

4 (10.5)

9 (14.3)

 

 III

 

108 (22.4)

12 (16.2)

29 (28.4)

27 (32.5)

11 (15.1)

9 (18.0)

5 (13.2)

15 (23.8)

 

 IV

 

211 (43.7)

41 (55.4)

28 (27.5)

37 (44.6)

39 (53.4)

21 (42.0)

18 (47.4)

27 (42.9)

 

FISH, n (%)

453

        

0.042

 Negative

 

402 (88.7)

64 (90.1)

92 (96.8)

65 (83.3)

63 (88.7)

35 (81.4)

32 (86.5)

51 (87.9)

 

 Positive

 

51 (11.3)

7 (9.9)

3 (3.2)

13 (16.7)

8 (11.3)

8 (18.6)

5 (13.5)

7 (12.1)

 
  1. sTRU Simplified terminal respiratory unit, sPP Simplified proximal-proliferative, sPI Simplified proximal-inflammatory, non-TRUPPPI Mutations in genes other than EGFR, KRAS, and TP53, FISH Fluorescence in situ hybridization
  2. P values are based on Fisher exact test for categorical variables and Kruskal-Wallis rank-sum test for continuous variables
  3. aFisher exact test with Monte Carlo simulation