Table 1. Clinical Characteristics by PTGES3 Expression Level in TCGA-LUAD
Characteristic Overall
N = 497
1
Low Expression
N = 249
1
High Expression
N = 248
1
p-value2
PTGES3 Expression (Z-score)


<0.001
    Mean ± SD 0.06 ± 1.03 -0.73 ± 0.63 0.85 ± 0.69
Age Group


0.786
    ≤65 236.0 (48.5%) 120.0 (49.2%) 116.0 (47.7%)
    >65 251.0 (51.5%) 124.0 (50.8%) 127.0 (52.3%)
    Missing 10 5 5
Gender


0.019
    Male 228.0 (45.9%) 101.0 (40.6%) 127.0 (51.2%)
    Female 269.0 (54.1%) 148.0 (59.4%) 121.0 (48.8%)
AJCC Stage


0.044
    I 267.0 (54.5%) 145.0 (59.4%) 122.0 (49.6%)
    II 118.0 (24.1%) 53.0 (21.7%) 65.0 (26.4%)
    III 80.0 (16.3%) 39.0 (16.0%) 41.0 (16.7%)
    IV 25.0 (5.1%) 7.0 (2.9%) 18.0 (7.3%)
    Missing 7 5 2
T Stage


0.019
    T1 166.0 (33.6%) 99.0 (40.1%) 67.0 (27.1%)
    T2 267.0 (54.0%) 120.0 (48.6%) 147.0 (59.5%)
    T3 43.0 (8.7%) 21.0 (8.5%) 22.0 (8.9%)
    T4 18.0 (3.6%) 7.0 (2.8%) 11.0 (4.5%)
    Missing 3 2 1
N Stage


0.182
    N0 321.0 (66.3%) 168.0 (70.3%) 153.0 (62.4%)
    N1 94.0 (19.4%) 40.0 (16.7%) 54.0 (22.0%)
    N2 69.0 (14.3%) 31.0 (13.0%) 38.0 (15.5%)
    N3 0.0 (0.0%) 0.0 (0.0%) 0.0 (0.0%)
    Missing 13 10 3
M Stage


0.057
    M0 331.0 (93.2%) 151.0 (96.2%) 180.0 (90.9%)
    M1 24.0 (6.8%) 6.0 (3.8%) 18.0 (9.1%)
    Missing 142 92 50
1 n (%)
2 Welch Two Sample t-test; Fisher’s exact test