Older Age and Abnormal Pulmonary Ventilation Function Do Not Increase the Risk of Pulmonary Hemorrhage Caused by CT-Guided Percutaneous Core Needle Biopsy
Table 3
Pulmonary function parameters in elderly patients associated with pulmonary hemorrhage evaluated by univariate analysis.
Clinical variables
128 elderly patients
Pulmonary hemorrhage
Z
value†
Median
Lower-upper quartile
Yes (n = 34)
No (n = 94)
FVC (L)
2.99
2.52–3.45
2.67 (2.43–3.49)
3.13 (2.58–3.46)
−1.238
0.216
FVC (% pred)
102.66
87.94–116.35
109.29 (95.44–118.34)
101.84 (85.78–113.99)
−1.602
0.109
FEV1 (L)
2.19
1.76–2.64
1.99 (1.68–2.54)
2.29 (1.79–2.64)
−1.168
0.243
FEV1 (% pred)
99.51
75.49–110.65
102.08 (75.21–114.83)
98.90 (75.56–109.95)
−0.906
0.365
FEV1/FVC ratio (%)
74.19
67.33–80.10
74.40 (67.50–79.40)
73.96 (66.97–80.20)
−0.696
0.486
FEV1/FVC ratio (% pred)
98.49
90.09–107.35
97.41 (90.32–105.36)
98.93 (89.67–107.50)
−0.669
0.504
FEF25% (% pred)
83.34
55.23–104.18
82.68 (57.22–100.47)
83.75 (53.91–106.10)
−0.351
0.726
FEF50% (% pred)
66.95
41.97–92.20
66.43 (40.90–87.30)
67.05 (44.35–93.15)
−0.448
0.654
FEF75% (% pred)
67.85
40.24–91.21
63.64 (38.80–88.73)
70.48 (42.91–91.31)
−0.874
0.382
FEF25–75% (% pred)
54.08
33.14–74.50
50.62 (29.13–74.14)
54.37 (33.25–76.07)
−0.890
0.373
PEF (% pred)
90.78
75.51–111.92
89.07 (69.18–111.03)
92.48 (75.58–112.35)
−0.475
0.635
MVV
92.91
77.22–109.95
92.90 (72.72–109.21)
92.91 (77.61–110.50)
−0.623
0.533
Data are shown as median (lower-upper quartile) for all the numerical values with non-normal distribution. †Mann–Whitney U test.
