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Table 3 Comparison of the post-matching characteristics between the two groups [n (%)]

From: Effects of preoperative surgeon warm-up in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy

Variables

Warm-up group

(n = 159)

Warm-up effect group

(n = 159)

χ2/t

p-values

Sex

    

 Female

90 (56.60)

80 (50.31)

1.26

0.261

 Male

69 (43.40)

79 (49.69)

  

Age (years)

59.7 ± 10.2

60.0 ± 9.7

0.21

0.835

BMI

22.3 ± 1.6

22.1 ± 1.7

0.58

0.559

ACCI

1.8 ± 1.1

1.8 ± 1.1

0.00

0.999

Number of lymph node dissections

5.2 ± 1.4

5.2 ± 1.3

0.08

0.934

Hypertension

22 (13.84)

19 (11.95)

0.25

0.616

Diabetes mellitus

9 (5.66)

10 (6.29)

0.06

0.813

Coronary heart disease

3 (1.89)

4 (2.52)

0.999*

COPD

0 (0.00)

1 (0.63)

0.999*

Surgical anatomic site

  

4.43

0.351

 Right upper lobe

48 (30.19)

39 (24.53)

  

 Left upper lobe

31 (19.50)

43 (27.04)

  

 Right lower lobe

36 (22.64)

28 (17.61)

  

 Left lower lobe

31 (19.50)

32 (20.13)

  

 Right middle lobe

13 (8.18)

17 (10.69)

  

ECOG score

0.7 ± 0.6

0.6 ± 0.7

0.84

0.402

ASA score

1.3 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.5

0.33

0.742

  1. Results are expressed as propensity scores and p-values, where exceptions are stated separately. p-values > 0.05 indicated small differences
  2. ASA: American Society of Anesthesiology score; BMI: body mass index; CAD: coronary artery disease; ACCI: age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ECOG score: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score
  3. Note: *Fisher’s exact probability test; # Rank-sum test