Table 1.
Pleural effusion | Chi-square values | ||
---|---|---|---|
Malignant | Non-malignant | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 38 | 39 | 0.0003* |
Female | 31 | 32 | |
Age | |||
≤60 years | 28 | 37 | 1.436# |
>60 years | 41 | 34 | |
Smoking | |||
Yes | 33 | 26 | 1.372& |
No | 36 | 45 |
* P = 0.99 > 0.05 for the comparison of gender in patients with MPE and NMPE; # P = 0.23 > 0.05 for the comparison of age in patients with MPE and NMPE; & P = 0.24 > 0.05 for the comparison of smoking in patients with MPE and NMPE