Research Article

Characteristics and Prognostic Nomogram for Primary Lung Lepidic Adenocarcinoma

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with LPA compared with lung ADC-NOS.

CharacteristicsLPA n = 4191 (%)ADC-NOS n = 95004 (%) value

Age, years
 0–691994 (47.6)55203 (58.1)<0.001
 70–791438 (34.3)26630 (28.0)
 ≥80759 (18.1)13171 (13.9)
Sex
 Male1591 (38.0)46856 (49.3)<0.001
 Female2600 (62.0)48148 (50.7)
Race
 White3372 (80.5)74655 (78.6)<0.001
 Black356 (8.5)11469 (12.1)
 Others463 (11.0)8880 (9.3)
Marital status
 Married2460 (58.7)52085 (54.8)<0.001
 Single1731 (41.3)42919 (45.2)
Education
 High2065 (49.3)47790 (50.3)0.197
 Low2126 (50.7)47214 (49.7)
Income
 High2055 (49.0)48741 (51.3)0.004
 Low2136 (51.0)46263 (48.7)
Laterality
 Left1620 (38.7)36177 (38.1)<0.001
 Right2447 (58.4)54374 (57.2)
 Unknown124 (3.0)4453 (4.7)
Lobe
 Upper2195 (52.4)51289 (54.0)<0.001
 Middle199 (4.7)4317 (4.5)
 Lower1444 (34.5)24035 (25.3)
 Unknown353 (8.4)15363 (16.2)
Tumor size
 <3 cm2229 (53.2)31494 (33.2)<0.001
 ≥3 and <5 cm915 (21.8)24387 (25.7)
 ≥5 cm530 (12.6)22377 (23.6)
 Unknown517 (12.3)16746 (17.6)
Separate tumor nodules
 Yes361 (8.6)15476 (16.3)<0.001
 No1195 (28.5)40383 (42.5)
 Unknown2635 (62.9)39145 (41.2)
Pleural invasion
 Yes117 (2.8)5017 (5.3)<0.001
 No714 (17.0)11117 (11.7)
 Unknown3360 (80.2)78870 (83.0)
Grade
 I1636 (39.0)6203 (6.5)<0.001
 II1086 (25.9)20984 (22.1)
 III249 (5.9)27993 (29.5)
 IV7 (0.2)606 (0.6)
 Unknown1213 (28.9)39218 (41.3)
Stage
 I2261 (53.9)19370 (20.4)<0.001
 II172 (4.1)4007 (4.2)
 III603 (14.4)20127 (21.2)
 IV1155 (27.6)51500 (54.2)
Primary tumor surgery
 Yes2646 (63.1)24886 (26.2)<0.001
 No/unknown1545 (36.9)70118 (73.8)
Metastatic tumor surgery
 Yes74 (1.8)5499 (5.8)<0.001
 No/unknown4117 (98.2)89505 (94.2)
Radiotherapy
 Yes639 (15.2)39072 (41.1)<0.001
 No/unknown3552 (84.8)55932 (58.9)
Chemotherapy
 Yes1226 (29.3)46273 (48.7)<0.001
 No/unknown2965 (70.7)48731 (51.3)

ADC: adenocarcinoma; LPA: lepidic adenocarcinoma; NOS: not otherwise specified.