Table 1.

The comparison of the groups of the obese and nonobese lung cancer patients who underwent thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).

	Nonobese patients (n = 62)	Obese patients (n = 50)	p
Women (%)	43.5	44	ns
Men (%)	56.5	56	ns
Age (years)	64.2 ± 8	65.6 ± 5.7	ns
Height (cm)	165.6 ± 9.3	166.4 ± 9	ns
Weight (kg)	68.5 ± 11.7	94.6 ± 13.1	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	24.9 ± 3	34.1 ± 3.2	<0.0001
Patients after thoracotomy (%)	42	58	ns
Patients after VATS (%)	58	42	ns

ns, not statistically significant; BMI, body mass index.