Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Interventional bronchoscopy in malignant central airway obstruction by extra-pulmonary malignancy
Variables | N = 98 |
|---|---|
Age, years | 63 (54–72) |
Sex, male | 60 (61.2) |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 21.1 (18.1–24.3) |
Comorbidity | |
 Diabetes mellitus | 10 (10.2) |
 Chronic liver disease | 8 (8.2) |
 Cerebrovascular disease | 7 (7.1) |
 Congestive heart disease | 6 (6.1) |
 Chronic pulmonary disease | 3 (3.1) |
Poor performance statusa | 35 (35.7) |
Intubation due to respiratory failure before intervention | 12 (12.2) |
Primary site of malignancy | |
 Local extension | 63 (64.4) |
  Esophageal cancer | 37 (37.9) |
  Thyroid cancer | 16 (16.3) |
  Head & neck cancer | 10 (10.2) |
 Metastatic disease | 35 (35.6) |
  Renal cell carcinoma | 7 (7.1) |
  Colorectal cancer | 7 (7.1) |
  Lymphoma | 5 (5.1) |
  Othersb | 16 (16.3) |