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Table 1 Demographics and clinical data of patients with or without CPCs

From: Elevated preoperative heart rate associated with increased risk of cardiopulmonary complications after resection for lung cancer

Patient characteristics

CPCs (n = 42)

Non-CPCs (n = 138)

P-value

Age (year)

66.9 ± 9.5

61.3 ± 8.3

< 0.01*

Gender, n (%)

 Male

23 (54.8%)

65 (47.1%)

0.385

 Female

19 (45.2%)

73 (52.9%)

ASA physical status, n (%)

 II

8 (19.0%)

36 (26.1%)

0.634

 III

23 (54.8%)

71 (51.4%)

 IV

11 (26.2%)

31 (22.5%)

BMI (kg/m2)

23.5 ± 4.1

23.1 ± 3.8

0.558

Current smoker, n (%)

11 (26.2%)

32 (23.2%)

0.690

Preoperative medications, n (%)

 Beta-blocker

6 (14.3%)

42 (30.4%)

0.038*

 Corticosteroid

5 (11.9%)

11 (8.0%)

0.433

 Calcium channel antagonist

6 (14.3%)

26 (18.8%)

0.499

 ACEI or ARB

5 (11.9%)

22 (15.9%)

0.521

 Diuretic

6 (14.3%)

19 (13.8%)

0.932

 Anti-platelet

8 (19.0%)

33 (23.9%)

0.510

 Statin

7 (16.7%)

25 (18.1%)

0.830

Resting heart rate (beats/min)

92.2 ± 8.2

82.7 ± 7.9

< 0.01*

Prior cardiothoracic surgery, n (%)

5 (11.9%)

18 (13.0%)

0.847

Comorbidities, n (%)

 Diabetes

7 (16.7%)

18 (13.0%)

0.552

 Hypertension

14 (33.3%)

24 (17.4%)

0.027*

 COPD

14 (33.3%)

32 (23.2%)

0.187

 CAD

12 (28.6%)

20 (14.5%)

0.037*

 CKD

2 (4.8%)

7 (5.1%)

0.936

 Prior myocardial infarction

6 (14.3%)

15 (10.9%)

0.546

 Atrial fibrillation

7 (16.7%)

19 (13.8%)

0.640

RCRI, n (%)

0.033*

 I

15 (35.7%)

72 (52.2%)

 II

12 (28.6%)

42 (30.4%)

 III

15 (35.7%)

24 (17.4%)

Pathological type, n (%)

0.954

 Squamous cell carcinoma

24 (57.1%)

82 (59.4%)

 Adenocarcinoma

16 (38.1%)

49 (35.5%)

 Mixed

2 (4.8%)

7 (5.1%)

Tumor location, n (%)

0.941

 Upper

24 (57.1%)

83 (60.1%)

 Middle

3 (7.1%)

9 (6.5%)

 Lower

15 (35.7%)

46 (33.3%)

Clinical stage, n (%)

0.043*

 I-II

35 (83.3%)

129 (93.5%)

 III-IV

7 (16.7%)

9 (6.5%)

Nodal stage, n (%)

0.189

 N0

32 (76.2%)

121 (87.7%)

 N1

7 (16.7%)

12 (8.7%)

 N2

3 (7.1%)

5 (3.6%)

Pulmonary function test

 Predicted FVC

92.5 ± 12.6

92.6 ± 13.1

0.965

 Predicted FEV1

79.3 ± 18.9

82.0 ± 20.2

0.443

Type of surgery, n (%)

0.613

 Segmentectomy

6 (14.3%)

19 (13.8%)

 Pneumonectomy

7 (16.7%)

15 (10.9%)

 Lobectomy

25 (59.5%)

82 (59.4%)

 Bilobectomy

4 (9.5%)

22 (15.9%)

Breakdown of CPCs, n (%)

 Pleural effusion

15 (8.3%)

 Arrhythmias

11 (6.1%)

 Pneumonia

6 (3.3%)

 Atelectasis

3 (1.7%)

 Respiratory failure

2 (1.1%)

 Pneumothorax

2 (1.1%)

 ARDS

2 (1.1%)

 Myocardial infarction

1 (0.6%)

  1. CPCs cardiopulmonary complications, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, BMI Body Mass Index, ACEI angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CAD, coronary artery disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, RCRI revised cardiac risk index, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 second, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome. P-values were calculated by Chi-square test, Fisher exact test or t test. *P value< 0.05