Table 1. Characteristics associated with gene expression profiles

  Group 1Group 2 
Gene expression profile Ressembles normal lung"Proliferative" and "invasive" gene clusters 
    p-value
Smoking status   0.01
 Never smoker35 (61%)28 (50%) 
 Ever smoker2228 
Lepidic component   0.00005
 Yes31 (54%)12 (21%) 
 No2634 
EGFR mutation   0.0002
 Yes32 (56%)16 (30%) 
 No2538 
KRAS mutation   0.02
 Yes4 (7%)14 (25%) 
 No5341