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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 May 31;160(5):1331–1345.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.171

Table 4.

Distribution of Surgical Morbidity and Univariate Models of Grade 3+ Morbidity

Variable Grade 3-4 (n=21) Grade 5 (n=5) < Grade 3 Morbidity (n=67) Grade 3+ Morbidity (n=26) OR (95% CI) FDR-adjusted p-value*
Study
 0229 (RL) 10 (26%) 1 (2%) 28 (72%) 11 (28%)
 0839 11 (20%) 4 (7%) 39 (72%) 15 (28%) 0.98 (0.39, 2.45) 0.96
Age
 Median 62 61 60 61.5 1.01 (0.96, 1.07) 0.64
 Min-Max 41-72 44-71 32-78 41-72
 Q1-Q3 56-65 52-69 53-65 54-66
Gender
 Male (RL) 9 (17%) 3 (6%) 41 (77%) 12 (23%)
 Female 12 (30%) 2 (5%) 26 (65%) 14 (35%) 1.84 (0.74, 4.59) 0.33
Race
 White (RL) 19 (24%) 5 (6%) 55 (70%) 24 (30%)
 Non-white 2 (14%) 0 (0%) 12 (86%) 2 (14%) 0.38 (0.08, 1.84) 0.33
T-Stage
 T1 (RL) 12 (35%) 3 (9%) 19 (56%) 15 (44%)
 T2/T3 9 (15%) 2 (3%) 48 (81%) 11 (19%) 0.29 (0.11, 0.74) 0.17
cN2 positive stations
 1 (RL) 16 (26%) 4 (7%) 41 (67%) 20 (33%)
 2-4 5 (16%) 1 (3%) 26 (81%) 6 (19%) 0.47 (0.17, 1.33) 0.33
Tumor location - right vs left
 Right-sided (RL) 17 (25%) 4 (6%) 48 (70%) 21 (30%)
 Left-sided 4 (17%) 1 (4 %) 19 (79%) 5 (21%) 0.60 (0.20, 1.83) 0.48
Tumor location - upper vs lower
 Upper lobe (RL) 13 (21%) 3 (5%) 45 (74%) 16 (26%)
 Lower/Middle lobe 8 (25%) 2 (6%) 22 (69%) 10 (31%) 1.28 (0.50, 3.27) 0.61
Histology
 Adenocarcinoma/other (RL) 14 (19%) 4 (6%) 55 (75%) 18 (25%)
 Squamous 7 (35%) 1 (5%) 12 (60%) 8 (40%) 2.04 (0.72, 5.77) 0.33
FEV1
 Median 2.16 2.24 2.41 2.20 0.75 (0.36, 1.53) 0.49
 Min-Max 1.28-3.82 1.65-3.36 1.09-4.13 1.28-3.82
 Q1-Q3 1.97-2.85 2.16-2.39 2.09-2.93 1.97-2.85
Institution type
 Community/VA (RL) 9 (26%) 2 (6%) 23 (68%) 11 (32%)
 Academic 12 (20%) 3 (5%) 44 (75%) 15 (25%) 0.71 (0.28, 1.80) 0.52
Received Panitumumab
 No (RL) 18 (31%) 1 (2%) 39 (67%) 19 (33%)
 Yes 3 (9%) 4 (11%) 28 (80%) 7 (20%) 0.51 (0.19, 1.39) 0.33
pCR
 No (RL) 15 (21%) 3 (4%) 52 (74%) 18 (26%)
 Yes 6 (26%) 2 (9%) 15 (65%) 8 (35%) 1.54 (0.56, 4.24) 0.49
Mediastinal LN clearance
 No (RL) 6 (23%) 2 (8%) 18 (69%) 8 (31%)
 Yes 15 (22%) 3 (5%) 49 (73%) 18 (27%) 0.83 (0.31, 2.23) 0.71
Days from end of RT to surgery
 Median 48 38 42 44 1.02 (0.99, 1.05) 0.44
 Min-Max 33-119 38-47 27-106 33-119
 Q1-Q3 42-54 38-39 38-49 39-51
Extended resection
 Lobectomy (RL) 18 (23%) 2 (3%) 57 (74%) 20 (26%)
 Extended resection 3 (19%) 3 (19%) 10 (62%) 6 (38%) 1.71 (0.55, 5.31) 0.48
Surgical approach
 Open (RL) 18 (23%) 4 (5%) 57 (72%) 22 (28%)
 Minimally invasive 3 (21%) 1 (7%) 10 (71%) 4 (29%) 1.04 (0.29, 3.65) 0.96
RO resection
 No (RL) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 8 (100%) 0 (0%) N/A 0.10
 Yes 21 (25%) 5 (6%) 59 (69%) 26 (31%)
Surgery duration
 Median 243 305 233 248 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.94
 Min-Max 180-561 180-397 69-2503 180-5641
 Q1-Q3 218-297 248-362 184-312 218-326
# mediastinal LN sampled
 Median 3 4 3 3.5 1.09 (0.82, 1.44) 0.58
 Min-Max 1-7 1-7 0-7 1-7
# hilar LN sampled
 Median 2 2 2 2 0.66 (0.42, 1.03) 0.25
 Min-Max 0-4 1-3 0-5 0-4
Bronchial coverage
 No (RL) 4 (24%) 0 (0%) 13 (76%) 4 (24%)
 Yes 17 (22%) 5 (6%) 54 (71%) 22 (29%) 1.32 (0.39, 4.51) 0.65
Intraoperative transfusion
 No (RL) 18 (22%) 5 (6%) 60 (72%) 23 (28%)
Yes 3 (30%) 0 (0%) 7 (70%) 3 (30%) 1.12 (0.27, 4.70) 0.88
Estimated blood loss
 Median 175 88 200 150 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.33
 Min-Max 0-500 50-300 10-2000 0-500
 Q1-Q3 100-300 50-213 100-300 87.5-275
RTOG 0839 RT Data Grade 3-4 (n=11) Grade 5 (n=4) < Grade 3 Morbidity (n=39) Grade 3+ Morbidity (n=15) OR (95% CI) p-value

Lung V5
 Median 55.9 75.0 52.9 57.7 1.03 (1.00, 1.07) 0.25
 Min-Max 44.0-86.0 57.7-88.2 19.0-85.1 44.0-63.8
 Q1-Q3 49.0-72.9 60.8-87.1 41.2-67.4 34.4-50.6
Ipsilateral Lung V10
 Median 60.9 76.2 61.1 62.9 1.03 (1.00, 1.07) 0.25
 Min-Max 46.1-79.6 56.3-95.5 26.5-87.0 46.1-95.5
 Q1-Q3 50.7-72.2 61.1-91.0 44.2-72.0 51.7-77.5
Contralateral Lung V5
 Median 45.1 64.5 42.4 55.6 1.03 (1.00, 1.06) 0.25
 Min-Max 29.8-85.6 49.6-83.0 0.5-83.4 29.8-85.6
 Q1-Q3 37.4-64.0 52.6-78.2 24.2-58.2 39.8-67.7

OR, Odds Ratio modeling the risk of developing Grade 3 + Morbidity; RL, Reference level; Q1, first quartile; Q3, third quartile; pCR, pathologic complete response, LN, lymph nodes;

*

FDR, false discovery rate; p<0.25 considered significantly different

Fisher’s exact test