Table 1 Demographic characteristics, comorbidities, and their association with pulmonary pathological ultrasonographic findings and static compliance
Total patients n = 103 | Pleural thickening, n = 29 (total n = 103) | p-value | B-lines ≥ 3, n = 25 (total n = 103) | p-value | Compliance <50, n = 35 (total n = 69) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||||||
<50 | 23 (22.3) | 1 (3.4) | 0.005 | 3 (12) | 0.33 | 6 (17.1) | 0.93 |
50-69 | 43 (41.7) | 12 (41.4) | 11 (44) | 18 (51.4) | |||
≥70 | 37 (35.9) | 16 (55.2) | 11 (44) | 11 (31.4) | |||
Sex | |||||||
Woman | 45 (43.7) | 8 (27.6) | 0.04 | 8 (32) | 0.33 | 20 (57.1) | 0.18 |
Man | 58 (56.3) | 21 (72.4) | 17 (68) | 15 (42.9) | |||
ASA | |||||||
I | 7 (6.8) | 0 (0) | 0.12 | 0 (0) | 0.08 | 2 (5.7) | 0.48 |
II | 55 (53.4) | 13 (44.8) | 10 (40) | 21 (60) | |||
III | 38 (36.9) | 15 (51.7) | 14 (56) | 10 (28.6) | |||
IV | 3 (2.9) | 1 (3.4) | 1 (4) | 2 (5.7) | |||
Cardiopathy | 27 (26.2) | 11 (37.9) | 0.23 | 10 (40) | 0.18 | 12 (34.3) | 0.43 |
Vascular disease | 14 (13.6) | 5 (17.2) | 0.49 | 3 (12) | 0.79 | 7 (20) | 0.08 |
Renal disease | 14 (13.6) | 4 (13.8) | 0.97 | 3 (12) | 0.79 | 2 (5.7) | 0.57 |
Hypertension | 61 (59.2) | 20 (69) | 0.21 | 15 (60) | 0.93 | 21 (60) | 0.68 |
Diabetes mellitus | 32 (31.1) | 10 (34.4) | 0.89 | 8 (32) | 0.90 | 8 (22.9) | 0.72 |