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Table 1 Clinical Characteristics of the Patients

From: The role of low-dose glucocorticoids in preventing bronchopleural fistula after bronchoplasty: a retrospective study

Variable

Total (n = 356)

No BPF (n = 344)

BPF (n = 12)

P

Age, Mean ± SD

58.63 ± 8.77

58.52 ± 8.67

61.75 ± 11.50

0.211

BMI, Mean ± SD

22.23 ± 3.03

22.28 ± 3.05

20.63 ± 1.59

0.004

Operation duration min, Mean ± SD

192.19 ± 74.88

192.73 ± 75.42

176.67 ± 57.66

0.466

FEV1/FVC, Mean ± SD

80.88 ± 8.35

80.86 ± 8.35

81.35 ± 8.94

0.843

Albumin, Mean ± SD

45.55 ± 4.30

45.77 ± 4.10

39.27 ± 5.41

 < .001

Sex, n (%)

   

1.000

 Female

18 (5.06)

18 (5.23)

0 (0.00)

 

 Male

338 (94.94)

326 (94.77)

12 (100.00)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

   

0.854

 No

305 (85.67)

294 (85.47)

11 (91.67)

 

 Yes

51 (14.33)

50 (14.53)

1 (8.33)

 

CHD, n (%)

   

1.000

 No

340 (95.51)

328 (95.35)

12 (100.00)

 

 Yes

16 (4.49)

16 (4.65)

0 (0.00)

 

DM, n (%)

   

0.118

 No

338 (94.94)

328 (95.35)

10 (83.33)

 

 Yes

18 (5.06)

16 (4.65)

2 (16.67)

 

Tumor history, n (%)

   

1.000

 No

347 (97.47)

335 (97.38)

12 (100.00)

 

 Yes

9 (2.53)

9 (2.62)

0 (0.00)

 

Smoking history, n (%)

   

0.985

 No

103 (28.93)

99 (28.78)

4 (33.33)

 

 Yes

253 (71.07)

245 (71.22)

8 (66.67)

 

Drinking history, n (%)

   

0.516

 No

252 (70.79)

242 (70.35)

10 (83.33)

 

 Yes

104 (29.21)

102 (29.65)

2 (16.67)

 

Staging of tumor, n (%)

   

0.002

 Benign

2 (0.56)

0 (0.00)

2 (16.67)

 

 I

79 (22.19)

77 (22.38)

2 (16.67)

 

 II

121 (33.99)

117 (34.01)

4 (33.33)

 

 III

154 (43.26)

150 (43.60)

4 (33.33)

 

Neoadjuvant therapy, n (%)

   

0.813

 No

303 (85.11)

292 (84.88)

11 (91.67)

 

 Yes

53 (14.89)

52 (15.12)

1 (8.33)

 

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, n (%)

   

0.853

 No

318 (89.33)

308 (89.53)

10 (83.33)

 

 Yes

38 (10.67)

36 (10.47)

2 (16.67)

 

Neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy, n (%)

   

1.000

 No

341

329

11

 

 Yes

15

15

1

 

Surgical procedure, n (%)

   

0.061

 LUL

94 (26.40)

90 (26.16)

4 (33.33)

 

 LLL

46 (12.92)

45 (13.08)

1 (8.33)

 

 LP

14 (3.93)

12 (3.49)

2 (16.67)

 

 RUL

108 (30.34)

105 (30.52)

3 (25.00)

 

 RML

24 (6.74)

24 (6.98)

0

 

 RLL

53 (14.89)

53 (15.41)

0

 

 RMLL

17 (4.78)

15 (4.36)

2 (16.67)

 

Pathological type, n (%)

   

0.156

 Adenocarcinoma

27 (7.58)

26 (7.56)

1 (8.33)

 

 Others

22 (6.18)

20 (5.81)

2 (16.67)

 

 Squamous cell carcinoma

307 (86.24)

298 (86.63)

9 (75.00)

 

Operation methods, n (%)

   

1.000

 VATS

115 (32.3)

111 (32.27)

4 (33.33)

 

 Open

241 (67.7)

233 (67.73)

8 (66.67)

 

Anastomotic methods, n (%)

   

0.801

 Sleeve lobectomy

146 (41.01)

142 (41.28)

4 (33.33)

 

 Bronchial wedge plasty

210 (58.99)

202 (58.72)

8 (66.67)

 

Broncho-vascular plasty Sleeve, n (%)

   

1.000

 No

293 (82.3)

283 (82.27)

10 (83.33)

 

 Yes

63 (17.7)

61 (17.73)

2 (16.67)

 

Glucocorticoid, n (%)

   

0.013

 No

202 (56.74)

191 (55.52)

11 (91.67)

 

 Yes

154 (43.26)

153 (44.48)

1 (8.33)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, DM Diabetes mellitus, VATS video-assisted thoracic surgery, CHD Coronary heart disease, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in one second, LUL left upper lobe, LLL left lower lobe, LP left pneumonectomy, RUL right upper lobe, RML right middle lobe, RLL right lower lobe, RMLL right lung middle and lower lobe, BPF bronchopleural fistula