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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and blood tests of the study participants

From: Non-linear association of plasma level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with endobronchial biopsy bleeding in patients with lung cancer

Characteristics

Values

Age (year), median (Q1-Q3)

65 (59–70)

Male, n (%)

487 (77.5)

Smoking, n (%)

394 (62.7)

Biopsy bleeding, n (%)

232 (36.9)

Location of lesion, n (%)

 Peripheral bronchi

548 (87.3)

 Central airway

80 (12.7)

Stage, n (%)

 Early

343 (54.6)

 Advanced

285 (45.4)

Histological types, n (%)

 Adenocarcinoma

171 (27.2)

 Squamous cell carcinoma

313 (49.8)

 SCLC

111 (17.7)

 Others

33 (5.3)

Coexisting diseases, n (%)

 COPD

42 (6.7)

 Hypertension

155 (24.7)

 Diabetes

32 (5.1)

 CHD

20 (3.2)

Blood tests, median (Q1-Q3)

 Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.0 (0.8–1.4)

 TC (mmol/L)

4.1 (3.5–4.8)

 HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

 LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.8 (2.3–3.3)

 Apo E (mg/dL)

3.6 (2.8–4.6)

 Apo B (g/L)

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

 Homocysteine (μmol/L)

13.2 (10.7–16.2)

 WBC (× 109/L)

6.8 (5.5–8.6)

 Neutrophils (×109/L)

4.6 (3.5–6.4)

 Hemoglobin (g/L)

128 (116–139)

 Platelets (×109/L)

224 (172–280)

 CRP (mg/L)

7.7 (1.4–31.1)

 PT (S)

13.0 (12.3–13.6)

 APTT (S)

35.1 (31.8–38.5)

 ALT (IU/L)

17.0 (12.0–25.0)

 AST (IU/L)

23.0 (19.0–28.0)

  1. SCLC Small-cell lung carcinoma; COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CHD Coronary heart disease; TC Total cholesterol; HDL-C High density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; Apo, apolipoprotein; WBC White blood cell; CRP C-reactive protein; PT Prothrombin time; APTT Activated partial thromboplastin time; ALT Alanine aminotransferase; AST Aspartate aminotransferase