Table 1 Baseline data (preoperative) of the study population prior to Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer, n = 31

Age (years)

67 (10)

Sex (female/male), n

20/11

Non smoker/ex-smoker/ active smoker, n

1/19/11

Pack years of smoking

30 (20)

FEV 1 (% of expected)

91 (20)

DLCO (% of expected)

69 (17)

BMI

25 (4)

Co-morbidity^a, n (%):

 Diabetes mellitus

2 (7)

 Hypertension

12 (39)

 Hyperlipidemia

10 (31)

 Cardiac and/or vascular disease

4 (13)

 Previous malignant disease

8 (26)

 ASA prescribed, n (%)

6 (19)

Laboratory analyses (reference interval):

 B - Haemoglobin (women: 7.3–9.5 mmol/L; men: 8.3–10.5 mmol/L)

8.5 (0.7)

 B - Leukocytes (3.5–10.0 × 10⁹/L)

7.5 (2.0)

 P - Creatinine (women: 45–90 μmol/L; men: 60–105 μmol/L)

72 (18)

 B - Platelet count (145–400 × 10⁹/L)

287 (85)

 P - C-reactive protein (8 mg/L)

4 (4)

 P - INR (< 1.2)

1.0 (0.1)

 P - APTT (25–38 s)

30 (4)