Research Article

[Retracted] Incidence and Influencing Factors of Chronic Postthoracotomy Pain in Lung Tumor Patients

Table 1

The general characteristics of lung tumor patients with thoracic surgery according to the three levels of NRS scores.

Items0, n = 1111–3, n = 1694–, n = 63

Sex0.904
 Male63 (56.8)99 (58.6)35 (55.6)
 Female48 (43.2)70 (41.4)28 (44.4)
Age (years)53.59 ± 9.7651.65 ± 10.6253.79 ± 11.910.149
Height (cm)163.56 ± 6.91164.06 ± 7.96162.05 ± 6.040.130
Weight (kg)61.85 ± 9.9462.01 ± 10.5660.59 ± 11.230.445
BMI23.22 ± 3.7323.02 ± 3.2123.09 ± 3.69
Educated0.121
 No50 (45.0)96 (56.8)36 (57.1)
 Yes61 (55.0)73 (43.2)27 (42.9)
Smoking0.636
 No69 (62.2)112 (66.3)38 (60.3)
 Yes42 (37.8)57 (33.7)25 (39.7)
Drinking0.705
 No90 (81.1)134 (79.3)53 (84.1)
 Yes21 (18.9)35 (20.7)10 (15.9)
Surgical history0.722
 No83 (74.8)120 (71.0)44 (69.8)
 Yes28 (25.2)49 (29.0)19 (30.2)

Notes: continuous variables are presented as the mean and the standard deviation, mean ± sd. Categorical variables are presented as the number, with the percentage in parentheses, frequency (%). NRS, numerical rating scale.