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Table 1 Participants demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Effect of posture on pulmonary function and oxygenation after fast-tracking video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: a prospective pilot study

Variable  
Agea, years 71 (66, 72 [57, 81])
Sexc
 Male 12 (50)
 Female 12 (50)
BMIb, kg/m2 26.9 (5.4)
ASAc
 1 0
 2 3 (12.5)
 3 21 (87.5)
 > 3 0
Smoke statusc
 No smoke 5 (20.8)
 Former smoker 15 (62.5)
 Current smoker 4 (16.7)
FEV1%b 92.5 (19.1)
SpO2b, % 97.1 (1.6)
Chronic painc 2 (8.3)
Charlson Comorbidity indexa 1.5 (1.0, 3.0 [0, 9.0])
Duration of surgeryb, mins 96 (22)
Blood lossb, ml 47 (74)
Duration of chest drainagea, days 1.0 (1.0, 2.0 [0, 7.0])
Length of hospital staya, days 2.0 (1.0, 2.8 [1.0, 8.0])
  1. ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists classification, BMI body mass index, FEV1% percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s value, SpO2 oxygen saturation
  2. aValue presents as median (interquartile range [range])
  3. bValue presents as mean (standard deviation)
  4. cValue presents as frequency (percentage)