Table 5.
Association of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) levels with postoperative morbidities and in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing pneumonectomy.
| Morbidity | Total (n = 35) |
Serum ACE2 levels (ng/mL) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤3.21 (n = 10) |
>3.21 (n = 25) |
|||
| Pneumonia n(%) | 7 (20.0) | 4 (40.0) | 3 (12.0) | 0.155 |
| Prolonged air leak n(%) | 3 (8.6) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (8.0) | 1.000 |
| Pleural effusion n(%) | 2 (5.8) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (4.0) | 0.496 |
| Atrial fibrillation n(%) | 4 (11.4) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (8.0) | 0.561 |
| In-hospital mortality n(%) | 2 (5.7) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (4.0) | 0.496 |