@article{JTD28677,
author = {Shuang-Jiang Li and Zhi-Qiang Wang and Wen-Biao Zhang and Yong-Jiang Li and Shan Cheng and Guo-Wei Che and Lun-Xu Liu},
title = {Fat-free mass index is superior to body mass index as a novel risk factor for prolonged air leak complicating video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {11},
number = {5},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: To evaluate whether fat-free mass index (FFMI) could be predictive of prolonged air leak (PAL) complicating video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on the prospectively-maintained database in our institution between January 2015 and July 2017. The gender-specific median values of FFMI for males and females were applied as their respective cutoffs to stratify patients into low-FFMI group and high-FFMI group in initial univariable analyses. An effective multivariable logistic-regression analysis was then performed to demonstrate the predictive value of dichotomized FFMI.
Results: There were 1,091 surgical patients with NSCLC included (616 males and 475 females), with a PAL incidence of 14.6%. The median FFMI values among males and females were 17.3 and 14.6 kg/m2, respectively. PAL cases in both male (16.9±1.5 vs. 17.4±1.5 kg/2; P=0.002) and female (14.0±0.9 vs. 14.6±1.1 kg/2; P},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/28677}
}