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Table 2 Preoperative laboratory tests of patients with or without CPCs

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

Laboratory tests

CPCs (n = 42)

Non-CPCs (n = 138)

P-value

Hemoglobin(mg/dl)

13.1 ± 2.5

12.9 ± 3.0

0.695

Albumin (g/dL)

3.9 ± 0.4

4.0 ± 0.5

0.238

cTnT(ng/L)

12.3 ± 4.1

9.7 ± 2.8

< 0.01*

CRP (mg/L)

8.3 ± 5.3

6.1 ± 4.1

0.005*

TNF-α(nmol/L)

9.8 ± 3.5

7.7 ± 2.5

< 0.01*

Creatinine(mg/dL)

1.0 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.3

0.083

Urea(mmol/L)

6.5 ± 2.3

5.9 ± 2.5

0.167

  1. CPCs cardiopulmonary complications, cTnT cardiac troponin T, CRP C-reactive protein, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α. P-values were calculated by t test or Mann–Whitney U-test. *P value< 0.05
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