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Table 4 Comparison of epidemiological factors between patients with and patients without postoperative PSP recurrence

From: Neo-generation of neogenetic bullae after surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax in young adults: a prospective study

 

Recurrence

Non-recurrence

P-value

Number of patients

9

57

 

Age, years (mean ± SD)

17 ± 1.6

17 ± 1.3

0.78

Sex (male/female)

9/0

51/6

0.31

Height, cm (mean ± SD)

174.2 ± 6.4

171.4 ± 6.5

0.23

Weight, kg (mean ± SD)

56.7 ± 7.0

56.0 ± 7.3

0.89

Body mass index (mean ± SD)

18.6 ± 2.3

19.1 ± 1.8

0.41

Laterality (left/right)

6/3

32/25

0.55

History of contralateral PSP (yes/no)

7/2

19/38

0.01

  1. PSP primary spontaneous pneumothorax