Prognostic significance of preoperative serum triglycerides and high-density lipoproteins cholesterol in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

Table 2 Relationships between clinicopathological data and the different levels of preoperative TG and HDL-C in 551 NSCLC patients

Characteristics	TG ≤ 1.21 mmol/L	TG>1.21 mmol/L	P value	HDL-C ≤ 1.26 mmol/L	HDL-C>1.26 mmol/L	P value
Characteristics	n = 311	n = 240		n = 330	n = 221
Age			0.842			0.112
≤ 57	114	86		111	89
>57	197	154		219	132
Gender			0.100			0.010
Male	225	158		243	140
Female	86	82		87	81
Smoking history			0.670			0.944
Y	198	157		213	142
N	113	83		117	79
Stage			0.018			0.046
I-II	213	141		201	153
IIIA	98	99		129	68
Pathological tumor
Classification (pT)			0.823			0.380
pT1–2	269	206		281	194
pT3–4	42	34		49	27
Pathological lymph node
stage (pN)			0.001			0.068
pN0	188	110		168	130
pN1–2	123	130		162	91
Histological type			0.522			0.121
Squamous cell carcinoma	101	73		109	65
Adenocarcinoma	180	149		187	142
Large cell carcinoma	30	18		34	14
Surgery type			0.082			0.174
Lobectomy	233	162		227	168
Pneumonectomy	57	63		80	40
Other	21	15		23	13
Adjuvant chemotherapy			0.002			0.610
Y	151	148		182	117
N	160	92		148	104

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