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. 2012 Jan 10;7:4. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-4

Table 3.

Univariable Cox Predictors of postoperative mortality

Variable OR 95%CI p Value
Demographic
 Age, years 1.02 1.01 - 1.03 0.042
 Female 0.68 0.48 - 0.95 0.025
 BMI, kg/m2 0.98 0.94 - 1.02 0.256
Cardiac data
 Paroxysmal AF 1.74 1.01 - 2.98 0.044
 CAD 1.76 0.93 - 3.31 0.080
 Prior AMI 1.41 0.98 - 2.01 0.061
Comorbidities
 Hypertension 1.12 0.87 - 1.43 0.387
 Diabetes 1.73 1.23 - 2.41 0.001
 Dyslipidemia 1.21 0.83 - 1.76 0.326
 COPD 0.99 0.77 - 1.27 0.931
 Current smokers 1.27 0.99 - 1.64 0.064
 PVD 1.03 0.77 - 1.37 0.836
 Preop CVA 1.41 0.79 - 2.51 0.249
 CRF 1.17 0.29 - 4.70 0.826
Other data
 Creatinine (basal), mg/dL 1.20 0.89 - 1.62 0.216
 Hb, g/dL 0.95 0.88 - 1.03 0.210
 FEV1 < 80% 0.74 0.58 - 0.96 0.025
Cancer characteristics
 Right Lobectomy 1.16 0.91 - 1.48 0.235
 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 1.04 0.62 - 1.75 0.884
 Stage UICCa 1.96 1.52 - 2.53 < 0.001
 Histologyb 0.91 0.71 - 1.16 0.452
Postoperative Data
 Inotropes 1.79 0.98 - 3.29 0.060
 Blood transfusion 1.51 1.02 - 2.22 0.037
 FBS 1.11 0.69 - 1.78 0.658
 Postop AMI 1.98 0.28 - 14.18 0.493
 Postop CVA 3.26 1.45 - 7.35 0.004
 AKI 1.17 0.62 - 2.20 0.632
 POPAF 1.41 0.95 - 2.09 0.087

a Classes I and II vs. classes III and IV (class I and II as a reference group)

b Adenocarcinoma vs. others carcinoma (others as a reference group)

AKI acute kidney injury, AF atrial fibrillation, AMI acute myocardial infarction, BMI body mass index, CAD coronary artery disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CRF chronic renal failure, CVA cerebrovascular accident, FBS fibrobronchoscopy, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 second, Hb hemoglobin, POPAF postoperative atrial fibrillation, PVD peripheral vascular disease, UICC Union International Contre le Cancer.