Table 2 Dyspnea functional status of patients pre-operatively and post operatively for both groups
From: Outcome of surgical repair of Pectus Excavatum in adults
Grades of dyspnea | Group I (15–30) years (n = 40) | Group II (> 30 years (n = 46) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-operative | Post-operative | p-value | Pre-operative | Post-operative | p-value | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
I | 12 | 30 | 16 | 40% | 0.23 | 23 | 50% | 32 | 69.6% | 0.11 |
II | 9 | 22.5 | 24 | 60% | 0.0035* | 6 | 13.04% | 14 | 30.4% | 0.03* |
III | 13 | 32.5 | 0 | 0% | 0.0002* | 13 | 28.26% | 0 | 0% | 0.0003* |
IV | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 0.005* | 4 | 8.7% | 0 | 0% | 0.0001* |
Total | 40 | 100% | 40 | 100% | 46 | 100% | 46 | 100% | ||