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Table 6 Clinical characteristics of COPD patients with PPCs (+) or (−)

From: Risk factors of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with asthma and COPD

Variables

PPC (+) n = 7

PPC (−) n = 82

p-value

gender, male / female

7 / 0

68 / 14

0.59‡

age, years

77.3 ± 7.9

70.0 ± 8.1

0.034†

BMI, kg/m2

23.8 ± 2.6

23.0 ± 3.0

0.66†

Smoking Index, pack-years

40.7 ± 8.6

48.2 ± 34.7

0.88†

%VC, %

104.8 ± 15.5

104.0 ± 21.0

0.99†

%FEV1, %

89.5 ± 11.0

84.1 ± 21.7

0.34†

GOLD stage (1/2/3/4)

6/1/0/0

41/34/6/1

0.39*

Peripheral blood eosinophil, /mm3

210 ± 97

187 ± 135

0.38†

COPD treatment, y/n

3 / 4

63 / 19

0.07‡

ASA-PS, 1/2/3-

1 / 5 / 1

7 / 62 / 13

0.88*

Upper abdominal surgery, y/n

2 / 5

5 / 75

0.14‡

Laparoscopic surgery, y/n

1 / 6

15 / 67

>0.99‡

Operation time, min

393 ± 149

196 ± 131

0.002†

  1. Data are presented as n or mean ± SD, unless otherwise stated
  2. *chi-square test, †Mann-Whitney U test, ‡Fisher’s exact test
  3. ASA-PS American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status