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Table 4 Univariate analysis of perioperative factors and mortality within one year after lung resection surgery

From: Troponin I as a mortality marker after lung resection surgery – a prospective cohort study

Variables

HR (95% CI)

p

Aetiology (neoplastic)

2.96 (0.69–12.70)

0.145

Age (years)

1 (0.97–1.03)

0.950

Pack-years

1 (0.98–1.02)

0.948

Surgery

 Segmentectomy

(Reference)

 

 Lobectomy

0.43 (0.13–1.44)

0.173

 Bi-lobectomy

3.15 (1.09–9.07)

0.034*

 Pneumonectomy

1.73 (0.46–6.54)

0.416

Video-assisted thoracoscopy technique

0.48 (0.2–1.16)

0.103

Hypertension

1.24 (0.52–3)

0.628

Coronary artery disease

3.18 (0.43–23.73)

0.259

Diabetes mellitus

1.01 (0.3–3.42)

0.992

Previous radiotherapy

1.69 (0.57–5.03)

0.345

Previous chemotherapy

2.56 (1.03–6.33)

0.043*

Metabolic equivalence (MET)

  < 4

2.17 (0.73–6.41)

0.162

  ≥ 4

(Reference)

0.858

Time of surgery

1.14 (0.86–1.51)

0.353

Length of hospital stay

1.02 (1–1.04)

0.015*

Length of ICU stay

1.17 (1.08–1.26)

< 0.001*

EMAPO score

 Low (< 5) (reference)

  

 Moderate (6–10)

1.11 (0.32–3.82)

0.872

 High (11 to 15)

19.07 (2.36–153.93)

0.006*

 Very high (> 15)

12.88 (2.85–58.22)

0.001*

ACP score

0.61 (0.08–4.56)

0.632

Intraoperative arrhythmias

3.97 (1.54–10.25)

0.004*

Intraoperative haemodynamic changes

3.63 (1.54–8.55)

0.003*

Intraoperative blood transfusion

3.29 (1.28–8.49)

0.026*

Troponin level in the immediate postoperative period (D1)

  < 0.16 ng/ml

(Reference)

 

 0.16–0.31 ng/ml

2.19 (0.8–6.05)

0.129

  ≥ 0.32 ng/ml

5.15 (1.73–15.33)

0.003*

Troponin in 1st PO (D2)

  < 0.16 ng/ml

(Reference)

 

 0.16–0.31 ng/ml

2.92 (1.06–8.05)

0.039*

  ≥ 0.32 ng/ml

8.17 (2.74–24.33)

< 0.001*

Troponin in the 2nd PO (D3)

  < 0.16 ng/ml

(Reference)

 

 0.16–0.31 ng/ml

2.43 (0.91–6.54)

0.077

  ≥ 0.32 ng/ml

6.31 (2.11–18.85)

0.001*

Elevated troponin (≥0.16 ng/ml) for at least 1 day

4.71 (1.58–13.99)

0.005*

  1. *p < 0.05