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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants

From: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are positively associated with the risk of endobronchial biopsy-induced refractory hemorrhage in patients with lung cancer

Variables

EBB-induced refractory hemorrhage

P-value

Yes (n = 91)

No (n = 568)

 Gender, n (%)

  

0.305

  Female

16 (17.6)

127 (22.4)

 

  Male

75 (82.4)

441 (77.6)

 

 Age (year), median (Q1-Q3)

65 (59–72)

65 (59–70)

0.561

 Weight (kg), median (Q1-Q3)

59.5 (53.0–65.2)

59.0 (53.0–66.0)

0.794

 Smoking, n (%)

  

0.027

  No

24 (26.4)

218 (38.4)

 

  Yes

67 (73.6)

350 (61.6)

 

 SBP (mmHg), median (Q1-Q3)

129 (112–144)

131 (119–145)

0.285

 DBP (mmHg), median (Q1-Q3)

79.0 (71–88)

78.0 (70–87)

0.361

Coexisting Disease

 COPD, n (%)

  

0.826

  No

84 (92.3)

528 (93.0)

 

  Yes

7 (7.7)

40 (7.0)

 

 Hypertension, n (%)

  

0.140

  No

63 (69.2)

434 (76.4)

 

  Yes

28 (30.8)

134 (23.6)

 

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

  

0.294

  No

89 (97.8)

538 (94.7)

 

  Yes

2 (2.2)

30 (5.3)

 

 CHD, n (%)

  

1.000

  No

88 (96.7)

548 (96.5)

 

  Yes

3 (3.3)

20 (3.5)

 

Tumor Characteristics

 Location of the lesion, n (%)

  

0.045

  Central airways

20 (22.0)

79 (13.9)

 

  Peripheral bronchi

71 (78.0)

489 (86.1)

 

 Stage of cancer, n (%)

  

0.461

  Early

52 (57.1)

301 (53.0)

 

  Advanced

39 (42.9)

267 (47.0)

 

 Histological types, n (%)

  

< 0.001

  Adenocarcinoma

11 (12.1)

165 (29.0)

 

  Squamous cell carcinoma

63 (69.2)

268 (47.2)

 

  SCLC

13 (14.3)

103 (18.1)

 

  Othera

4 (4.4)

32 (5.6)

 

Laboratory Tests, median (Q1-Q3)

  WBC (×109/L)

6.8 (5.5–8.9)

6.8 (5.5–8.6)

0.977

  Neutrophils (%)

72.2 (64.2–80.4)

69.5 (61.9–76.1)

0.025

  Hemoglobin (g/L)

126 (116–137)

128 (116–140)

0.325

  platelets (× 109/L)

237 (167–296)

225 (174.0–284)

0.687

  CRP (mg/L)

12.7 (3.0–37.7)

5.9 (1.1–28.9)

0.009

  PT (S)

13.2 (12.3–13.6)

12.6 (11.7–13.3)

< 0.001

  APTT (S)

36.1 (33.0–40.0)

34.0 (31.5–37.1)

< 0.001

  ALT (IU/L)

14.0 (11.5–21.3)

17.0 (12.0–26.0)

0.027

  AST (IU/L)

22.6 (18.0–27.1)

23.0 (19.0–29.0)

0.289

  Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.0 (0.8–1.4)

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

0.793

  TC (mmol/L)

4.1 (3.6–4.7)

4.1 (3.5–4.8)

0.663

  HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.1 (0.9–1.2)

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

0.069

  LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.9 (2.4–3.4)

2.7 (2.2–3.3)

0.143

  Apolipoprotein B (g/L)

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

0.569

  Apolipoprotein E (mg/dL)

3.3 (2.5–4.4)

3.6 (2.8–4.7)

0.078

  1. a “Other” includes histological type of NSCLC (not specified, n = 12), neuroendocrine carcinoma (n = 7), adenosquamous carcinoma (n = 5), muco-epidermoid carcinoma (n = 2), adenoid cystic carcinoma (n = 1), carcinosarcoma (n = 1) and lung cancer without histological type specified (n = 8). EBB, endobronchial biopsy, SBP, systolic blood pressure, DBP, diastolic blood pressure, COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CHD, coronary heart disease, SCLC, small-cell lung carcinoma, WBC, white blood cell, CRP, C-reactive protein, PT, prothrombin time, APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time, ALT, alanine aminotransferase, AST, aspartate aminotransferase, TC, total cholesterol, HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol