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Table 1 Comparison of general data between two patient groups

From: Risk assessment of postoperative atelectasis in elderly lung cancer patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery based on a nomogram model

Variables

Overall (n = 322)

Non-atelectasis group (n = 263)

Atelectasis group (n = 59)

P value

Age, n (%)

   

0.001

 < 70 years

159 (49.4)

141 (53.6)

18 (30.5)

 

 ≥ 70 years

163 (50.6)

122 (46.4)

41 (69.5)

 

Gender, n (%)

   

0.192

 Male

172 (53.4)

145 (55.1)

27 (45.8)

 

 Female

150 (46.6)

118 (44.9)

32 (54.2)

 

BMI, n (%)

   

0.900

 < 25 kg/m2

253 (78.6)

207 (78.7)

46 (78.0)

 

 ≥ 25 kg/m2

69 (21.4)

56 (21.3)

13 (22.0)

 

Smoking, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 No

198 (61.5)

181 (68.8)

17 (28.8)

 

 Yes

124 (38.5)

82 (31.2)

42 (71.2)

 

Diabetes, n (%)

   

0.754

 No

277 (86.0)

227 (86.3)

50 (84.7)

 

 Yes

45 (14.0)

36 (13.7)

9 (15.3)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

   

0.500

 No

214 (66.5)

177 (67.3)

37 (62.7)

 

 Yes

108 (33.5)

86 (32.7)

22 (37.3)

 

Cardiovascular disease, n (%)

   

0.385

 No

254 (78.9)

205 (77.9)

49 (83.1)

 

 Yes

68 (21.1)

58 (22.1)

10 (16.9)

 

Preoperative FEV1 (%)

86.0 ± 8.8

87.2 ± 7.7

80.8 ± 11.5

< 0.001

Tumor type, n (%)

   

0.862

 Adenocarcinoma

209 (64.9)

171 (65.0)

38 (64.4)

 

 Squamous cell carcinoma

90 (28.0)

74 (28.1)

16 (27.1)

 

 Large cell carcinoma

23 (7.1)

18 (6.8)

5 (8.5)

 

Tumor stage, n (%)

   

0.930

 Stage I

247 (76.7)

202 (76.8)

45 (76.3)

 

 Stage II

75 (23.3)

61 (23.2)

14 (23.7)

 

Tumor location, n (%)

    

 Left lung

132 (41.0)

108 (41.1)

24 (40.7)

0.956

 Right lung

190 (59.0)

155 (58.9)

35 (59.3)

 

Preoperative albumin level, n (%)

   

0.282

 < 40 g/L

281 (87.3)

232 (88.2)

49 (83.1)

 

 ≥ 40 g/L

41 (12.7)

31 (11.8)

10 (16.9)

 

Surgery duration, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 < 3 h

240 (74.5)

211 (80.2)

29 (49.2)

 

 ≥ 3 h

82 (25.5)

52 (19.8)

30 (50.8)

 

Resection scope, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Sublobar resection

223 (69.3)

195 (74.1)

28 (47.5)

 

 Lobectomy

99 (30.7)

68 (25.9)

31 (52.5)

 

Postoperative mechanical ventilation, n (%)

   

0.009

 Not required

307 (95.3)

255 (97)

52 (88.1)

 

 Required

15 (4.7)

8 (3)

7 (11.9)

 

Length of hospital stay, Mean ± SD (days)

8.8 ± 1.4

8.6 ± 1.1

9.8 ± 2.0

< 0.001

30-day perioperative mortality, n (%)

   

0.155

 No

318 (98.8)

261 (99.2)

57 (96.6)

 

 Yes

4 (1.2)

2 (0.8)

2 (3.4)

 
  1. Abbreviation: FEV1: Forced expiratory volume in one second