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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)