Table 5.
Distribution of cases with BPF related to risk factors and concomitant diseases
| Presence of fistula | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (N = 18)a | No (N = 540) | ||
| Age | |||
| < 60 years old | 0 (0) | 214 (39.6) | P = 0.014 |
| ≥ 60 years fold | 18 (100) | 326 (40.4) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 12 (66.7) | 366 (67.8) | P = 0.04 |
| Female | 6 (33.3) | 174 (32.2) | |
| Smoker | |||
| No | 18 (100) | 196 (36.3) | P = 0.02 |
| Yes | 0 (0) | 344 (63.7) | |
| Alcohol user | |||
| Yes | 18 (100) | 192 (36.2) | P < 0.001 |
| No | 0 (0) | 338 (63.8) | |
| Concomitant diseases | |||
| Without concomitant diseases | 2 (11.1) | 282 (52.2) | |
| Cardio-Vascular disease | 12 (66.7) | 134 (24.8) | |
| Other pulmonary diseases | 4 (22.2) | 52 (9.6) | |
| Infective pulmonary disease | 0 (0) | 18 (3.3) | P = 0.7 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 0 (0) | 14 (2.6) | |
| Other lung malignancies | 0 (0) | 14 (2.6) | |
| Renal diseases | 0 (0) | 4 (0.7) | |
| Hemoptyzis | 0 (0) | 2 (0.4) | |
| Metastasis | 0 (0) | 2 (0.4) | |
| Other diseases | 0 (0) | 18 (3.3) | |
aNumber of cases and column percentages (in parenthesis)