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Table 2 Postoperative complications of underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese patients with stage I NSCLC

From: Effect of body mass index on survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Characteristic

Overall (cases)

Underweight [cases (%)]

Normal weight [cases (%)]

Overweight [cases (%)]

Obese [cases (%)]

P value

Total

624

44

245

306

29

 

Respiratory failure

     

0.014

 Absent

605 (97.0)

40 (90.9)

240 (98.0)

299 (97.7)

26 (89.7)

 

 Present

19 (3.0)

4 (9.1)

5 (2.0)

7 (2.3)

3 (10.3)

 

Pyrexia

     

0.965

 Absent

502 (80.4)

36 (81.8)

195 (79.6)

247 (80.7)

24 (82.8)

 

 Present

122 (19.6)

8 (18.2)

50 (20.4)

59 (19.3)

5 (17.2)

 

Chylothorax

     

0.339

 Absent

616 (98.7)

43 (97.7)

241 (98.4)

304 (99.3)

28 (96.6)

 

 Present

8 (1.3)

1 (2.3)

4 (1.6)

2 (0.7)

1 (3.4)

 

Hemorrhage

     

0.074

 Absent

612 (98.1)

44 (100.0)

236 (96.3)

303 (99.0)

29 (100.0)

 

 Present

12 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

9 (3.7)

3 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Myocardial infarction

     

0.033

 Absent

618 (99.0)

44 (100.0)

243 (99.2)

304 (99.3)

27 (93.1)

 

 Present

6 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.8)

2 (0.7)

2 (6.9)

 

Arrhythmia

     

0.484

 Absent

559 (89.6)

38 (86.4)

225 (91.8)

270 (88.2)

26 (89.7)

 

 Present

65 (10.4)

6 (13.6)

20 (8.2)

36 (11.8)

3 (10.3)

 

Pneumothorax

     

0.100

 Absent

473 (75.8)

29 (65.9)

179 (73.1)

240 (78.4)

25 (86.2)

 

 Present

151 (24.2)

15 (34.1)

66 (26.9)

66 (21.6)

4 (13.8)

 

Atelectasis

     

0.818

 Absent

579 (92.8)

40 (90.9)

228 (93.1)

283 (92.5)

28 (96.6)

 

 Present

45 (7.2)

4 (9.1)

17 (6.9)

23 (7.5)

1 (3.4)

 

Death

     

0.016

 Absent

614 (98.4)

42 (95.5)

240 (98.0)

305 (99.7)

27 (93.1)

 

 Present

10 (1.6)

2 (4.5)

5 (2.0)

1 (0.3)

2 (6.9)