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Table 1 Clinical data

From: Clinical efficacy of argon plasma coagulation combined with cryotherapy for central airway stenosis caused by lung cancer

Group

Control group (n = 43)

Observation group (n = 134)

t/χ2

P

Gender (male / female)

26/17

73/61

0.668

0.491

Age (year)

46.7 ± 5.3

45.2 ± 4.8

1.739

0.084

Weight (kg)

57.37 ± 6.72

58.51 ± 7.29

0.909

0.365

BMI (kg/m2)

23.28 ± 3.83

21.36 ± 4.32

2.604

0.010

Nutritional status (n)

1.801

0.072

 Good

16

63

 Poor

27

71

Airway obstruction (n)

2.879

0.004

 Mild

14

31

 Severe

29

103

Site of airway obstruction (n)

0.505

0.613

 Trachea

18

62

 Right and left main bronchus

25

72

Pathological type (n)

0.513

0.736

 Squamous cell carcinoma

11

28

 Adenocarcinoma

15

37

 Large cell carcinoma

12

42

 Small cell carcinoma

5

27

Concomitant disease (n, %)

 Hypertension

13 (30.23%)

65 (48.51%)

2.100

0.036

 Anemia

14 (32.56%)

36 (26.87%)

0.721

0.471

TNM staging (n)

0.348

0.625

 II

7

21

 III

14

48

 IV

22

65