Older Age and Abnormal Pulmonary Ventilation Function Do Not Increase the Risk of Pulmonary Hemorrhage Caused by CT-Guided Percutaneous Core Needle Biopsy
Table 1
Pulmonary function parameters associated with pulmonary hemorrhage evaluated by univariate analysis.
Clinical variables
343 Patients studied
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Z
value†
Median
Lower-upper quartile
Yes (n = 87)
No (n = 256)
FVC (L)
3.20
2.71–3.84
3.07 (2.54–3.84)
3.24 (2.83–3.85)
−1.735
0.083
FVC (% pred)
103.32
91.97–115.53
107.40 (94.95–115.53)
102.69 (91.39–115.49)
−1.098
0.272
FEV1 (L)
2.44
1.95–2.93
2.31 (1.91–2.94)
2.50 (1.96–2.93)
−1.281
0.200
FEV1 (% pred)
98.02
81.73–109.90
99.47 (80.62–110.39)
97.42 (81.79–109.69)
−0.877
0.380
FEV1/FVC ratio (%)
75.95
69.13–81.21
76.83 (69.40–80.90)
75.86 (69.02–81.29)
−0.534
0.593
FEV1/FVC ratio (% pred)
96.95
89.35–103.23
98.79 (90.64–103.24)
96.57 (88.90–103.17)
−0.731
0.465
FEF25% (% pred)
88.36
63.99–106.12
89.14 (62.37–101.11)
87.87 (64.09–106.69)
−0.536
0.592
FEF50% (% pred)
72.77
48.85–94.61
70.66 (49.71–94.33)
74.48 (48.01–94.94)
−0.110
0.912
FEF75% (% pred)
66.40
44.66–89.90
65.05 (43.40–87.80)
67.85 (45.54–90.71)
−0.579
0.563
FEF25–75% (% pred)
58.02
37.44–78.57
58.35 (35.88–75.36)
57.86 (37.72–79.73)
−0.413
0.680
PEF (% pred)
104.35
84.40–119.59
101.06 (84.13–116.70)
104.72 (85.82–120.01)
−0.850
0.395
MVV (% pred)
95.65
83.28–111.90
94.63 (82.20–109.39)
96.39 (83.34–112.90)
−0.902
0.367
Data are shown as median (lower-upper quartile) for all the numerical values with non-normal distribution. †Mann–Whitney U test.
