Atrial fibrillation after pulmonary lobectomy for lung cancer affects long-term survival in a prospective single-center study

Table 3 Univariable Cox Predictors of postoperative mortality

Variable	OR	95%CI	p Value
Demographic
Age, years	1.02	1.01 - 1.03	0.042
Female	0.68	0.48 - 0.95	0.025
BMI, kg/m²	0.98	0.94 - 1.02	0.256
Cardiac data
Paroxysmal AF	1.74	1.01 - 2.98	0.044
CAD	1.76	0.93 - 3.31	0.080
Prior AMI	1.41	0.98 - 2.01	0.061
Comorbidities
Hypertension	1.12	0.87 - 1.43	0.387
Diabetes	1.73	1.23 - 2.41	0.001
Dyslipidemia	1.21	0.83 - 1.76	0.326
COPD	0.99	0.77 - 1.27	0.931
Current smokers	1.27	0.99 - 1.64	0.064
PVD	1.03	0.77 - 1.37	0.836
Preop CVA	1.41	0.79 - 2.51	0.249
CRF	1.17	0.29 - 4.70	0.826
Other data
Creatinine (basal), mg/dL	1.20	0.89 - 1.62	0.216
Hb, g/dL	0.95	0.88 - 1.03	0.210
FEV₁ < 80%	0.74	0.58 - 0.96	0.025
Cancer characteristics
Right Lobectomy	1.16	0.91 - 1.48	0.235
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy	1.04	0.62 - 1.75	0.884
Stage UICC^a	1.96	1.52 - 2.53	< 0.001
Histology^b	0.91	0.71 - 1.16	0.452
Postoperative Data
Inotropes	1.79	0.98 - 3.29	0.060
Blood transfusion	1.51	1.02 - 2.22	0.037
FBS	1.11	0.69 - 1.78	0.658
Postop AMI	1.98	0.28 - 14.18	0.493
Postop CVA	3.26	1.45 - 7.35	0.004
AKI	1.17	0.62 - 2.20	0.632
POPAF	1.41	0.95 - 2.09	0.087

^a Classes I and II vs. classes III and IV (class I and II as a reference group)
^b Adenocarcinoma vs. others carcinoma (others as a reference group)
AKI acute kidney injury, AF atrial fibrillation, AMI acute myocardial infarction, BMI body mass index, CAD coronary artery disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CRF chronic renal failure, CVA cerebrovascular accident, FBS fibrobronchoscopy, FEV ₁ forced expiratory volume in 1 second, Hb hemoglobin, POPAF postoperative atrial fibrillation, PVD peripheral vascular disease, UICC Union International Contre le Cancer.

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