Risk factors for postoperative infectious pulmonary complications (univariate analysis)
| Patients with infectious pulmonary complications | Patients without infectious pulmonary complications | OR | CI (95%) | p-value | |
| FEV1<65% | 4 (44) | 5 (56) | 24 | 2.2–261 | ns |
| DL,CO<70% | 3 (30) | 7 (70) | 8.1 | 0.7–91 | ns |
| Age >65 yrs | 2 (10) | 18 (90) | 0.6 | 0.09–4.4 | ns |
| BMI >25 | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | 1.3 | 0.8–7.2 | ns |
| Bronchial colonization | 2 (12) | 15 (88) | 0.9 | 0.1–6.3 | ns |
Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated
OR: odds ratio
CI: confidence interval
FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second
ns: not significant
DL,CO: diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide
BMI: body mass index