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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

From: How spontaneous pneumothorax is managed in emergency departments: a French multicentre descriptive study

Characteristics All SP PSP SSP p
(n = 1990) (n = 1632) (n = 358)  
Sex      0.65
  Female, n (%) 399 (21.8%) 351 (21.6%) 48 (23%)  
  Male, n (%) 1435 (78.2%) 1274 (78.4%) 161 (77%)  
Age (years), mean (SD) 33.2 (15.6%) 30.4 (12.6%) 54.4 (19.9%) < 0.0001
Smoking history     < 0.0001
  Current smoker, n (%) 885 (67.2%) 787 (68.3%) 98 (60.12%)  
  Ex-smoker, n (%) 143 (10.9%) 89 (7.7%) 54 (33.13%)  
  Never smoker, n (%) 288 (21.9%) 277 (24%) 11 (6.75%)  
Cannabis, n (%)   81 (4.4%) 77 (4.7%) 4 (1.9%) 0.07
Previous history of PS, n (%)   708 (38.5%) 619 (37.9%) 89 (43%) 0.15
  1. SP spontaneous pneumothorax
  2. PSP primary spontaneous pneumothorax
  3. SSP secondary spontaneous pneumothorax
  4. Data are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD)