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. 2007 Feb 22;175(10):1044–1053. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200610-1483OC

TABLE 3.

RESULT OF UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS INVESTIGATING ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CATEGORICAL VARIABLES AND PNEUMOTHORAX PRESENCE AND NUMBERS

Pneumothorax
No. of Pneumothoraces
Variable No Yes p Value 0 1 2 3+ p Value
Sex
 M 81 20 0.14 81 6 7 7 0.83
 F 69 28 (C) 69 11 12 5 (C-A)
No. of fibrofolliculomas
 < 10 9 5 1.00 9 1 2 2
 10–100 9 14 59 4 6 4 0.83
 > 100 82 29 (C-A) 82 12 11 6 (J-T)
Kidney tumors
 Yes 119 34 0.22 119 14 12 8 0.13
 No 31 14 (C) 31 3 7 4 (C-A)
Smoking history
 Yes 59 16 0.46 59 5 5 6 0.87
 No 91 32 (C) 91 12 14 6 (C-A)
Smoking status
 Nonsmoker 91 32 91 12 14 6
 Quit > 10 yr ago 21 8 21 2 3 3 0.47
 Quit < 10 yr ago 9 2 0.33 9 0 1 1 (J-T)
 Current 24 5 (C-A) 24 3 0 2
Lung cysts
 Yes 129 48 0.006 129 17 19 12 0.012
 No 21 0 (C) 21 0 0 0 (C-A)

Definition of abbreviations: C = chi-square test; C-A = exact Cochran-Armitage test; J-T = exact Jonckheere-Terpstra test.