Table 6.
Association of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) levels with postoperative morbidities and in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing lobectomy/bilobectomy.
| Morbidity | Total (n = 285) |
Serum ACE2 levels (ng/mL) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤3.21 (n = 70) |
>3.21 (n = 215) |
|||
| Pneumonia n(%) | 9 (3.2) | 4 (5.7) | 5 (2.3) | 0.230 |
| Prolonged air leak n(%) | 15 (5.3) | 4 (5.7) | 11 (5.1) | 0.767 |
| Pleural effusion n(%) | 6 (2.1) | 4 (5.7) | 2 (1.0) | 0.034 |
| Atrial fibrillation n(%) | 25 (8.8) | 11 (15.7) | 14 (6.5) | 0.027 |
| In-hospital mortality n(%) | 7 (2.5) | 3 (4.3) | 3 (1.4) | 0.160 |