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Table 1 Demographics and clinical data of study patients

From: Obesity paradox in patients undergoing lung lobectomy – myth or reality?

 

BMI < 30

(n = 133)

BMI ≥30

(n = 70)

p-value

Total

(n = 203)

Age (years, mean ± SD)

64.0 ± 9.2

65.2 ± 8.9

0.211

64.4 ± 9.1

Gender, n (%)

 Female

51 (38.4)

26 (37.1)

0.867

77 (37.9)

 Male

82 (61.6)

44 (62.9)

 

126 (62.1)

BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD)

25.0 ± 3.4

34.1 ± 4.0

< 0.001

28.2 ± 5.7

ASA, n (%)

 I

2 (1.5)

2 (2.9)

0.073

4 (2)

 II

79 (59.4)

32 (45.7)

 

111 (54.6)

 III

48 (63.1)

36 (51.4)

 

84 (41.4)

 IV

4 (3)

0 (0)

 

4 (2)

Tumour size (cm, mean ± SD)

3.8 ± 2.4

3.5 ± 1.9

0.092

3.7 ± 2.3

Histopathology findings, n (%)

 Adenocarcinoma

60 (45.1)

25 (35.7)

0.463

85 (41.9)

 Spinocellular carcinoma

37 (27.8)

27 (38.6)

 

64 (31.5)

 Neuroendocrine carcinoma

5 (3.8)

7 (10.0)

 

12 (5.9)

 Parvocellular carcinoma

5 (3.8)

1 (1.4)

 

6 (3.0)

 Sarcoma, Lymphoma

3 (2.3)

2 (2.8)

 

5 (2.5)

 Metastasis

7 (5.3)

1 (1.4)

 

8 (3.9)

 Benign lesion

16 (12.0)

7 (10.0)

 

23 (11.3)