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Table 4 Univariate analyses to identify factors associated with recurrence

From: Long-term outcomes after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy versus lobectomy via open thoracotomy for clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

  

VATS (n = l 14)

  

Thoracotomy (n = 46)

 
 

n

5-year DFS (%)

p

n

5-year DFS (%)

p

Gender

  

0.3422

  

0.993

 Male

50

84.7

 

33

78.7

 

 Female

64

87.2

 

13

73.6

 

Pathology

  

0.8159

  

0.3595

 Adenocarcinoma

91

84.3

 

32

71

 

 Squamous cell ca.

16

91.7

 

11

100

 

 Others

7

83.3

 

3

50

 

Tumor diameter (cm)

  

0.5551

  

0.2765

 ≤3.0

100

88.2

 

40

75.7

 

 3.0<

14

68.8

 

6

58.4

 

pN

  

<0.0001

  

0.0136

 N0

103

90.1

 

38

84.7

 

 N1/N2

11

51.6

 

8

37.5

 

Pleural involvement

  

0.0174

  

0.0036

 Negative

97

90.3

 

37

87

 

 Positive

17

57.1

 

9

41.7

 

Lymphovascular involvement

  

0.0536

  

0.0118

 Negative

93

88.6

 

27

91.6

 

 Positive

21

73.8

 

19

53.7

 

Vascular involvement

  

0.4972

  

0.0096

 Negative

92

87.2

 

29

88

 

 Positive

22

79.7

 

17

58.1