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Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects with NSP (n = 154)

From: An update of the long-term outcome of patients with nonspecific pleurisy at medical thoracoscopy

Variables

Values

Age, years, mean ± SD

61.8 ± 14.5

Sex, male/female, n (%)

98/56 (63.6/36.4)

Smoking status, n (%)

 

 Non-smoker

81 (52.6)

 Current or previous smoker

73 (47.4)

Follow up duration (months)

61.5 ± 43.7

Diagnosis of pleural malignancy during follow-up

 

 Lung cancer

7 (36.8)

 Mesothelioma

6 (31.6)

 Gynaecological tumor

2 (10.5)

 Breast tumor

1 (5.3)

 Prostatic cancer

1 (5.3)

 Plasmacytoma

1 (5.3)

 Thymoma

1 (5.3)

Diagnosis of pleural benign disease during follow-up

 

 Tuberculosis-induced

24 (35.3)

 Heart failure

16 (23.5)

 Parapneumonic effusion

13 (19.1)

 Connective tissue diseases

5 (7.4)

 Pulmonary embolism

4 (5.9)

 Pneumosilicosis

4 (5.9)

 After splenic embolization surgery

1 (1.5)

 After coronary artery bypass grafting

1 (1.5)