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. 2015 Aug 15;13:248. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0664-9

Table 3.

Possible risk factors for pneumothorax

Factor OR (95 % CI) p value
Sex 1.280 (0.417–3.935) 0.666
Age (>65 years) 0.908 (0.235–3.505) 0.889
Location 0.861 (0.275–2.680) 0.476
Puncture 1.470 (0.509–4.243) 0.476
Smoking 1.375 (0.257–7.353) 0.710
PD 0.525 (0.227–1.211) 0.131

PD pleural distance