From:  Single nucleotide polymorphisms: rs833061, rs699947, and rs35569394, and the expression of the vascular endothelial growth factor gene in Moroccan patients with lung cancer

Clinicopathological characteristics of LC patients and the genotype and allele frequencies of -2578C/A polymorphism

ParameterNGenotypeAllele
AA (%)AC (%)CC (%)pA (%)C (%)p
Gender
    Male4610 (21.7)22 (47.8)14 (30.4)0.6542 (45.7)50 (54.3)0.35
    Female142 (14.3)6 (42.9)6 (42.9)10 (35.7)18 (64.3)
Age
    ≤ 50102 (20.0)4 (40.0)4 (40.0)0.878 (40.0)12 (60.0)0.74
    > 505010 (20.0)24 (48.0)16 (32.0)44 (44.0)56 (56.0)
Smoking
    Yes4210 (23.8)20 (47.6)12 (28.6)0.3740 (47.6)44 (52.4)0.15
    No182 (11.1)8 (44.4)8 (44.4)12 (33.3)24 (66.7)
Stage
    I161 (6.3)8 (50.0)7 (43.8)0.2510 (31.3)22 (68.8)0.12
    II175 (29.4)5 (29.4)7 (41.2)15 (44.1)19 (55.9)
    III195 (26.3)11 (57.9)3 (15.8)21 (55.3)17 (44.7)
    IV603 (50.0)3 (50.0)3 (25.0)9 (75.0)
    Unknown21 (50.0)1 (50.0)03 (75.0)1 (25.0)
Histological type
    ADK347 (20.6)16 (47.1)11 (32.4)0.8830 (44.1)38 (55.9)0.89
    SCC133 (23.1)6 (46.2)4 (30.8)12 (46.2)14 (53.8)
    LCLC101 (100.0)01 (50.0)1 (50.0)
    PSC1001 (100.0)02 (100.0)
    NET61 (16.7)2 (33.3)3 (50.0)4 (33.3)8 (66.7)
    MH31 (33.3)1 (33.3)1 (33.3)3 (50.0)3 (50.0)
    Unknown202 (100.0)02 (50.0)2 (50.0)

ADK: adenocarcinomas; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; LCLC: large cell lung carcinoma; PSC: pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma; NET: neuroendocrine tumors; MH: mixed histology; LC: lung cancer