The Influence of Body Mass Index on Overall Survival Following Surgical Resection of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Boris Sepesi, MD, Kathryn A. Gold, MD, Arlene M. Correa, PhD, John V. Heymach, MD, PhD, Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD, Jason Roszik, PhD, Ethan Dmitrovsky, MD, Xi Liu, PhD Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages 1280-1287 (August 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.05.010 Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 CONSORT diagram of patient inclusion. BMI, body mass index; ICU, intensive care unit. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2017 12, 1280-1287DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2017.05.010) Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Overall survival based on propensity matching. In all, 464 patients with a BMI less than 25 kg/m2, 335 patients with a BMI of 30 to 35 kg/m2, and 129 patients with a BMI higher than 35 kg/m2 were matched on the basis of age, sex, type of surgical procedure, histologic subtype, smoking, and pathologic stage. Alive patients were censored at the time of the last follow-up. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2017 12, 1280-1287DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2017.05.010) Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions