Table 3. Correlations of clinical and respiratory parameters with suspicious radiologic findings (i.e. SPN, LAP and PE) for patients under TAVI evaluation with complete follow-up data (n = 237 patients).

	p-values according to Fisher’s exact test
	SPN ≥ 5mm (n = 87)	SPN > 8mm (n = 26)	LAP (n = 66)	PE (n = 46)
Clinical parameters
Age (< 80 years vs. ≥ 80 years)	0.667	0.510	0.013	0.053
Sex (male vs. female)	1.000	0.097	0.019	0.621
Respiratory parameters
Smoking history (non-smokers vs. smokers)	0.126	0.033	0.741	0.414
FEV1% (FEV ≥ 80% vs. FEV1 < 80%)	0.741	0.318	0.727	0.401
Previous malignancy	0.643	0.632	0.180	1.000