Formation of translational risk score based on correlation coefficients as an alternative to Cox regression models for predicting outcome in patients with NSCLC

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the patients.

	Squamous cell carcinoma	Adenocarcinoma
Gender
Male	28	28
Female	3	4
Tumour size T
T1	7	8
T2 T3	13 10	13 8
T4	1	2
Nodal status N
N0	18	13
N1	7	10
N2	4	7
N3	1	2
Metastasis M*
M0	31	22
M1	0	10
CD68
II: 5-30%	2	1
III: 30-80%	29	31
Gas6
I: < 5%	19	16
II 5-30%	10	14
III 30-80%	2	2
Cox2
II: 5-30%	3	2
III: 30-80%	28	30
MMP2 *
II: 5-30%	15	5
III: 30-80%	16	27
Notch3
II: 5-30%	4	6
III: 30-80%	27	26
Survival status at census
Dead	23	28
Alive	8	4
	Medians (nonparametric 95% confidence interval)
Age	70 (65-71)	64 (59-69)
Survival time (month)	25 (14-71)	16.5 (11-34)

Demographic data from 63 patients with NSCLC, separated for histology; * marks significant differences in relation to histology.

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