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. 2023 Aug 18;18:245. doi: 10.1186/s13019-023-02357-4

Table 2.

Univariate analysis between those who received neoadjuvant therapy and those who did not

Variable Total
N = 23
Neoadjuvant  p Value
Yes
N = 12
No
N = 11
Gender
 Female 5 3 (60%) 2 (40%) 0.99
 Male 18 9 (50%) 9 (50%)
Negative resection margin
 No 5 4 (80%) 1 (20%) 0.317
 Yes 18 8 (44%) 10 (56%)
Smoking
 Missing 1 0 1 0.99
 Ex-smoker 4 2 (50%) 2 (50%)
 No 12 7 (58%) 5 (42%)
 Yes 6 3 (50%) 3 (50%)
Stage
 I 3 1 (33%) 2 (67%) 0.013
 II 5 0 5 (100%)
 III 3 2 (67%) 1 (33%)
 IV 12 9 (75%) 3 (25%)
Histology
 A 1 0 1 (9.1%) 0.99
 AB 4 2(16.7%) 2 (18.2%)
 BI 1 0 1 (100%)
 BII 8 4 (50%) 4 (50%)
 BIII 9 6 (67%) 3 (33%)
Surgical approach
 Open 12 10 (83%) 2 (17%) 0.002
 VATS 11 2 (18%) 9 (82%)
Adjuvant therapy
 No 8 5 (63%) 3 (38%) 0.667
 Yes 15 7 (47%) 8 (53%)
Complications
 No 17 8 (47%) 9 (53%) 0.640
 Yes 6 4 (67%) 2 (33%)
Lymphovascular invasion
 Missing 7 4 (57%) 3 (43%) 0.282
 No 11 4 (36%) 7 (64%)
 Yes 5 4 (80%) 1 (20%)
Myasthenia gravis diagnosis
 No 18 11 (61%) 7 (39%) 0.155
 Yes 5 1 (20%) 4 (80%)
Current status
 Alive 22 11 (50%) 11 (50%) 0.99
 Dead 1 1 (100%) 0
Recurrence
 No 18 8 (44%) 10 (56%) 0.317
 Yes 5 4 (80%) 1 (20%)
Cystic component
 Missing 3 2 (67%) 1 (33%) 0.474
 No 18 10 (56%) 8 (44%)
 Yes 2 0 2 (100%)