Pleural fluid osteopontin, vascular endothelial growth factor, and urokinase-type plasminogen activator levels as predictors of pleurodesis outcome and prognosticators in patients with malignant pleural effusion: a prospective cohort study

Table 1 Characteristics of patients with malignant pleural effusion

	All	Lung cancer	Breast cancer	Others
Number	61	32	19	10
Age^a	57.0±11.8	59.9±12.9	53.6±11.1	55.0±8.5
Sex
Male	16	12	0	4
Female	45	20	19	6
Pre-menopausal	16	7	7	2
Post-menopausal	29	13	12	4
Distant metastasis
Yes	44	20	16	8
No	17	12	3	2

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