Table 3 Host, procedure, and malignancy-related risk factors
From: Postoperative atrial fibrillation after thoracic surgery (PoAF): risk factors and outcome
PoAF | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Variable | No (N = 303) | Yes (N = 35) | p-value |
Histology, n (%) | |||
Adenocarcinoma | 150 (49.5) | 20 (57.1) | 0.03 |
Small cell carcinoma | 3 (1) | 2 (5.7) | |
Large cell carcinoma | 13 (4.3) | 0 (0) | |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 52 (17.2) | 9 (25.7) | |
Other | 85 (28.1) | 4 (11.4) | |
Stage TNM, n (%) | |||
I | 127 (57.7) | 14 (42.4) | 0.23 |
II | 50 (22.7) | 12 (36.4) | |
III | 40 (18.2) | 7 (21.2) | |
IV | 3 (1.4) | 0 (0) | |
Type of surgery, n (%) | |||
VATS | 187 (61.7) | 16 (45.7) | 0.07 |
Open (thoracotomy) | 116 (38.3) | 19 (54.3) | |
Lobectomy, n (%) | 291 (96) | 35 (100) | 0.39 |
Post-surgery Horovitz index, median (IQR) | 343 (322–373) | 331 (253–409) | 0.43 |
Acute renal failure, n (%) | 8 (2.6) | 3 (8.6) | 0.08 |