Table 5 Physical assessment variables among patients having thoracic surgery and non-thoracic surgery

BMI (kg/m ² ) ^a

22.2 (3.0)

22.3 (2.4)

22.1 (3.2)

0.760

Spirometric variables

%VC ^a

108.8 (20.6)

104.5 (20.4)

110.4 (19.6)

0.031

FEV1 (ml) ^a

2126 (612)

1810 (591)

2242 (580)

0.0001 ^#

FEV1/FVC ^a

67.6 (13.0)

62.7 (17.0)

69.5 (10.7)

0.01 ^#

%FEV1 predicted ^a

101.4 (25.5)

93.7 (28.7)

104.3 (23.7)

0.020 ^#

%IC ^a

87.8 (18.9)

85.3 (19.7)

88.7 (18.6)

0.314

Severity of

airway obstruction

0.002 ^#

Non-COPD

50.2 (93)

34.0 (17)

56.3 (76) ^##

GOLD grade 1

34.6 (64)

44.0 (22)

31.1 (42)

GOLD grade 2

10.8 (20)

10.0 (5)

11.1 (15)

GOLD grade 3

4.3 (8)

12.0 (6)

1.5 (2) ^##

GOLD grade 4

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Chest CT finding

Emphysema

30.8 (57)

36.0 (18)

28.9 (39)

0.374