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Clinico-pathological parameters. |
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| Group A |
Group B |
Total |
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|
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| Parameters |
Age |
58.5 ± 9.8 |
57.5 ± 16.3 |
58.0 ± 13.2 |
| Gender(male/females) |
27/3 |
26/3 |
53/6 |
|
| BMI* |
25.2 ± 3.8 |
24.8 ± 3.9 |
25.0 ± 3.8 |
|
|
|
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| Diagnosis |
Bronchiectasis |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Bullous disease |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
| Diaphragmatic tumors |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Empyema |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
| Esophageal achalasia |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
| Lung carcinoma |
18 |
17 |
35 |
|
| Pulmonary metastases |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
| Thymoma |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
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| Total |
30 |
29 |
59 |
|
|
|
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| Co-morbitidy |
COPD |
7 |
6 |
13 |
| Diabetes Mellitus |
4 |
6 |
10 |
|
| Hypertension |
7 |
9 |
16 |
|
| Serum Crea: 1.5–2.0 mg/dl |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| Past history of cancer |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
| Coronary artery disease |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
| Extracardiac arteriopathy |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| WBC's >15,000 mm/cm3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
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| Pathology |
Primary lung carcinoma |
18 |
17 |
35 |
| Other organ carcinoma |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
| Primary inflammatory disease |
5 |
5 |
10 |
|
| Other |
4 |
3 |
7 |
|
|
|
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| Total |
30 |
29 |
59 |
|
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*BMI: Body Mass Index. COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, WBC's = White Blood Count. | ||||
Apostolakis et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008 3:14 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-3-14 |
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