Table 5.
Multivariate logistic regression analyses of factors associated with residual pleural thickening (RPT).
| Odds ratio |
95% CI | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effusion status | |||
| Effusion CXR score, % | 1.01 | 1.00–1.02 | 0.02 |
| Loculation | 1.00 | 0.99-1.00 | 0.99 |
| Pleural fluid | |||
| pH value | 1.01 | 0.98–1.04 | 0.52 |
| Leukocyte count, cells/μL | 1.00 | 0.99-1.00 | 0.87 |
| PAI-1, ng/mL | 0.99 | 0.97–1.03 | 0.76 |
| tPA, ng/mL | 1.00 | 0.99-1.00 | 0.99 |
| PAI-1/tPA ratio | 1.01 | 0.98–1.04 | 0.52 |
| IL-8, pg/mL | 1.00 | 0.99-1.00 | 0.93 |
| VEGF, pg/mL | 1.28 | 1.06–1.51 | 0.01 |
See Table 2 for definition of the abbreviations. CI: confidence interval.