Detected troponin elevation is associated with high early mortality after lung resection for cancer

Table 2 Univariable predictors of mortality

Variable	Coefficient (α)	SE	P value
Troponin elevation	-0.016	0.015	< 0.001
Age, per yr	-0.016	0.015	0.300
Male sex	-0.200	0.298	0.503
T category
T1	1.000
T2	-0.475	0.393	0.227
T3	-1.080	0.566	0.056
T4	-1.141	0.684	0.095
Tx	1.119	0.721	0.120
N category
N0	1.000
N1	-0.128	0.304	0.675
N2	-0.313	0.486	0.519
Nx	1.555	0.671	0.020
Operation
Pneumonectomy	1.000
Lobectomy	0.493	0.306	0.107
Other resection	0.948	0.563	0.093
Cell type
Squamous	1.000
Adenocarcinoma	-0.057	0.303	0.850
Large cell	-1.038	0.797	0.193
Mixed	-0.228	0.589	0.699
Other	1.109	0.584	0.058

*Exponentiation of the negative of the coefficient, exp^(-α) will give the acceleration factor

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