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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

From: Real-world experience of first-line afatinib in patients with EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC: a multicenter observational study

Demographic and clinical characteristic

No. of patients

(n = 85)

Age, year

 Mean (+ SD)

59.1 + 10.8

Gender, No. (%)

 Female

47 (55.3)

 Male

38 (44.7)

Ethnicity, No. (%)

 Chinese

63 (74.1)

 Non-Chinese (Malay and Indian)

22 (25.9)

Smoking history, No. (%)

 Never smoker

67 (78.8)

 Previous or current smoker

18 (21.2)

ECOG performance status at diagnosis, No. (%)

 ECOG 0–1

69 (81.2)

 ECOG 2–4

16 (18.8)

Tumor histology, No. (%)

 Adenocarcinoma

82 (96.5)

 Squamous cell carcinoma

3 (3.5)

Tumor stage, No. (%)

 IIIB

4 (4.7)

 IV

81 (95.3)

Symptomatic baseline brain metastases, No. (%)

 No

60 (70.6)

 Yes

25 (29.4)

  -Parenchymal metastases

16 (64.0)

  -Leptomeningeal metastases

7 (28.0)

  -Both parenchymal and leptomeningeal metastases

2 (8.0)

Abnormal organ function, No. (%)

 No

70 (82.4)

 Yes

15 (17.6)

  -Blood

5 (33.3)

  -Renal

9 (60.0)

  -Liver

2 (13.3)

EGFR mutation subtype, No. (%)

 Exon 19 deletion

68 (80.0)

 Exon 21 L858R point mutation

11 (12.9)

 Rare or complex mutations

6 (7.1)

  -Exon 18 G719X

2 (33.1)

  -Exon 18 G719X and exon 20 S768I

1 (16.7)

  -Exon 18 G719X and exon 20 T790 M

1 (16.7)

  -Exon 19 deletion and exon 20 insertion

1 (16.7)

  -Exon 20 insertion

1 (16.7)

  1. Abbreviations: ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor