Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant miRs	Associated with	               	Associated with	
AGE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=2	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=4	higher stage	N=2	lower stage	N=2
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=0	 	 	 	 
GENDER	Wilcoxon test	N=1	male	N=1	female	N=0
KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE SCORE	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher score	N=1	lower score	N=1
NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
RACE	Kruskal-Wallis test	N=1	 	 	 	 
ETHNICITY	Wilcoxon test	N=0