Circulating Exosomal miR-96 as a Novel Biomarker for Radioresistant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of patients and healthy individuals of two sets.

Variable	NSCLC (52)		HV (45)	value
	RRP (27)	RSP (25)
Age (years)	53.3 ± 12.1	56.8 ± 15.5	55.7 ± 13.6	0.999
Sex (male/female)	18/9	15/10	26/19	0.774
Smoking	22	19	34	0.862
Pathological stage
II	3	2	—	0.777
III	15	13
IV	8	10
Surgery treatment	11	13	NA	0.578
Differentiation status
High	3	2	NA	0.923
Median	12	10
Low	12	13
Chemotherapy	25	22	NA	0.662
History of COPD	20	21	NA	0.503
Vascular invasion	9	5	NA	0.355

RRP: radioresistant patient; RSP: radiosensitive patient; HV: healthy volunteer.