World Journal of Oncology, ISSN 1920-4531 print, 1920-454X online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 6, Number 1, February 2015, pages 270-275


Thoracoscore and European Society Objective Score Fail to Predict Mortality in the UK

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Receiver operating characteristic curve for thoracoscore (TS).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Receiver operating characteristic curve for thoracoscore (TS) and ESOS.01.

Tables

Table 1. Demographics, Thoracoscore and ESOS.1 Variables
 
Thoracoscore fieldsMean ± SD or percentage (n)
Age (years)
  < 5518.8% (423)
  55 - 6527.7% (621)
  > 6553.5% (1,201)
Gender (male)55.5% (1,245)
ASA
  < 270.3% (1,579)
  > 229.7% (666)
Performance status
  096.7% (2,172)
  13.3% (73)
Dyspnoea score0.13 ± 0.336
Priority of surgery
  Elective97.3% (2,185)
  Urgent/emergency2.7% (60)
Procedure class
  Other94.2% (2,215)
  Pneumonectomy5.8% (130)
Diagnosis group
  Benign20.3% (455)
  Malignant79.7% (1,790)
  Co-morbidity score1.25 ± 0.651
Thoracoscore2.66 ± 3.21
ESOS2.1 ± 1.41 (sub-analysis of 1,912 patients)
In-hospital mortality1.4% (31)

 

Table 2. Univariate and Multivariate Analyses of Thoracoscore Variables
 
Univariate P valueMultivariate P valueOdds ratioConfidence interval
LowHigh
Age0.060
Gender (male)0.0030.0044.7461.62913.828
ASA0.80
Performance status0.993
Dyspnoea score0.603
Priority0.189
Procedure class0.098
Diagnosis group0.152
CMS0.0000.0053.2891.4337.549