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Table 1 Baseline demographics and characteristics of the patients before and after matching

From: Three-port single-intercostal versus uniportal thoracoscopic segmentectomy for the treatment of lung cancer: a propensity score matching analysis

 

All patients

p value

Propensity score-matched patients

p value

Three-port

(n = 147)

Single-port

(n = 397)

Three-port

(n = 143)

Single-port

(n = 143)

Age (years)

55.2 (13.7)

53.2 (12.6)

0.108

54.8 (13.7)

54.6 (11.9)

0.894

Sex

  

 < 0.001

  

0.884

 Male

30 (20.4%)

146 (36.8%)

 

30 (21.0%)

29 (20.3%)

 

 Female

117 (80.3%)

251 (63.2%)

 

113 (79.0%)

114 (79.7%)

 

 FEV1 (L)

2.5 (0.7)

2.6 (0.7)

0.084

2.5 (0.7)

2.5 (0.6)

0.552

Smoking history

  

0.048

  

0.557

 Current or ever

16 (10.9%)

71 (17.9%)

 

16 (11.2%)

13 (9.1%)

 

 Never

131 (89.1%)

326 (82.1%)

 

127 (88.8%)

130 (90.9%)

 

 BMI (kg/m2)

23.1 (3.1)

23.0 (2.9)

0.736

23.1 (3.1)

23.2 (2.9)

0.702

 Tumor size (cm)

1.1 (0.5)

1.1 (0.4)

0.849

1.1 (0.5)

1.1 (0.4)

0.374

Location

  

0.380

  

0.591

 LUL

44 (29.9%)

96 (24.2%)

 

41 (28.7%)

38 (26.6%)

 

 LLL

19 (12.9%)

55 (13.9%)

 

19 (13.3%)

24 (16.7%)

 

 RUL

56 (38.1%)

147 (37.0%)

 

56 (39.2%)

48 (33.6%)

 

 RML

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 RLL

28 (19.0%)

99 (24.9%)

 

27 (18.9%)

33 (23.1%)

 

Pathology

  

0.397

  

0.678

 AIS

30 (20.4%)

103 (25.9%)

 

30 (21.0%)

31 (21.7%)

 

 MIA

43 (29.2%)

112 (28.2%)

 

43 (30.1%)

49 (34.3%)

 

 IA

74(43.5%)

182(45.8%)

 

70 (49.0%)

63 (44.1%)

 

Stage

  

0.390

  

0.689

 IA1

40 (27.2%)

86 (21.7%)

 

37 (25.9%)

32 (22.4%)

 

 IA2

34 (23.1%)

96 (24.2%)

 

33 (23.1%)

31 (21.7%)

  1. Data are presented as the n (%) or the mean (SD). LUL left upper lobe, LLL Left lower lobe, RUL Right upper lobe, RLL Right lower lobe, AIS Adenocarcinoma in situ, MIA Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma, IA Invasive adenocarcinoma