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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2017 Feb;265(2):431–437. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001708

Table 5A.

Univariate Analysis of Prognostic Factors for Death for the Propensity Score Matched Patients (n=516; 172 in each group)

Variable Univariate Analysis
5-year OS, % Pa
Age (continuous) <0.001
Sex
 Female 79.3
 Male 71.5 0.33
Smoking
 Never 86.9
 Former 74.7 0.057
 Current 72.5 <0.001
Clinical stage
 IA 79.0
 IB 62.9 0.011
Pathologic type
 Adenocarcinoma 78.3
 Squamous cell carcinoma 63.4 <0.001
 Other 75.2 0.46
Cell differentiation
 Well 95.0
 Moderately 75.8 0.011
 Poorly/undifferentiated 61.5 <0.001
 Unknown 81.3 0.20
FEV1 (continuous) <0.001
DLCO (continuous) <0.001
Approach
 Robotic 77.6
 Open 77.9 0.53
 VATS 73.5 0.10

DLCO, diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; VATS, video-assisted thoracic surgery.

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From univariate Cox regression models.