Table 2 Patient characteristics after 1:3 propensity score matching
From: The outcomes of thoracoscopic decortication between fungal empyema and bacterial empyema
Fungal empyema | Bacterial empyema | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 28 | 84 | |
Age (years) mean ± SD | 65.50 ± 11.91 | 62.25 ± 15.15 | 0.304 |
Gender | 0.171 | ||
Male | 26 (92.9%) | 69 (82.1%) | |
Female | 2 (7.1%) | 15 (17.9%) | |
Smoking | 0.663 | ||
Never | 15 (53.6%) | 41 (48.8%) | |
Ever | 13 (46.4%) | 43 (51.2%) | |
CCI score | 0.876 | ||
0 | 3 (10.7%) | 9 (10.7%) | |
1 ~ 2 | 8 (28.6%) | 20 (23.8%) | |
> = 3 | 17 (60.7%) | 55 (65.5%) | |
Phase | 0.180 | ||
II | 23 (82.1%) | 58 (69.0%) | |
III | 5 (17.9%) | 26 (31.0%) | |
Location | 0.497 | ||
Right | 20 (71.4%) | 64 (76.2%) | |
Left | 6 (21.5%) | 18 (21.4%) | |
Bilateral | 2 (7.1%) | 2 (2.4%) | |
Pathogen | 0.615 | ||
Single | 6 (21.4%) | 19 (22.6%) | |
Multiple | 22 (78.6%) | 65 (77.4%) | |
Cause | < 0.001 | ||
Pneumonia | 13 (46.5%) | 73 (86.9%) | |
From abdomen | 1 (3.6%) | 4 (4.8%) | |
From neck/mediastinum | 1 (3.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Cancer related | 2 (7.1%) | 4 (4.8%) | |
Iatrogenic | 7 (25.0%) | 1 (1.2%) | |
Trauma | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
From esophagus | 2 (7.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Others | 2 (7.1%) | 2 (2.4%) | |
Lab data | |||
WBC, mean ± SD (/μL) | 13,792.86 ± 7,126.06 | 14,018.93 ± 6,512.62 | 0.877 |
ANC, mean ± SD (/μL) | 12,320.34 ± 6,695.18 | 11,904.51 ± 6,154.83 | 0.763 |