Table 6:
Univariate analysis for complications
| Global complications |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No, n = 151, n (%) | Yes, n = 77, n (%) | P-value | |
| Age | |||
| <70 | 115 (67.3) | 56 (32.7) | 0.573 |
| ≥70 | 36 (63.2) | 21 (36.8) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 77 (75.8) | 26 (25.2) | 0.013 |
| Male | 74 (59.2) | 51 (40.8) | |
| Smoker status | |||
| Active | 38 (57.6) | 29 (42.4) | 0.078 |
| Former >6 month | 48 (65.8) | 26 (34.2) | 0.918 |
| Never | 63 (74.1) | 22 (25.9) | 0.052 |
| Comorbidities | |||
| Cardiovascular | 12 (54.5) | 10 (45.5) | 0.224 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 12 (50.0) | 12 (50.0) | 0.076 |
| Previous pulmonary resection | 37 (64.9) | 20 (35.1) | 0.809 |
| No comorbidities | 36 (76.6) | 11 (23.4) | 0.092 |
| FEV1 | |||
| FEV1 ≤ 60% | 9 (30.0) | 21 (70.0) | <0.001 |
| 60% < FEV1 < 80% | 30 (65.2) | 16 (34.8) | |
| FEV1 ≥ 80% | 113 (74.3) | 39 (25.7) | |
| Indication | |||
| Cancer | 73 (65.8) | 38 (34.2) | 0.886 |
| Metastasis | 45 (63.4) | 26 (36.6) | 0.543 |
| Benign non-infectious | 20 (80.0) | 5 (20.0) | 0.124 |
| Benign infectious | 13 (61.9) | 8 (38.1) | 0.662 |
| Surgical approach | |||
| Thoracotomy | 85 (58.2) | 61 (41.8) | 0.001 |
| Thoracoscopy | 66 (80.5) | 16 (19.5) | |
| Mean duration of surgery (min) | 142.2 | 142.7 | 0.337 |
FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s.