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Table 2 Pathological summary of study patients

From: Risk factors for postoperative fever after laparoscopic adrenalectomy focusing on hormones produced: a case control study

   

Fever

 

Total

Non-fever group

Fever group

p value

n = 406

n = 282

n = 124

 

Primary aldosteronism

Yes

188(46%)

132(47%)

56(46%)

0.422

No

218(53%)

150(53%)

68(54%)

 

Pheochromocytoma

Yes

80(20%)

38(14%)

42(34%)

 < 0.001*

No

326(80%)

244(86%)

82(66%)

 

Cushing syndrome

Yes

75(18%)

69(25%)

6(5%)

 < 0.001*

No

331(82%)

213(75%)

118(95%)

 

Othersa

Yes

63(16%)

43(16%)

20(17%)

0.464

No

343(84%)

239(84%)

104(83%)

 
  1. aOther pathologies include: Cortical adenoma/adenoma (n = 14), metastasis (n = 10), adrenal cyst/pseudocyst (n = 9), myelolipoma (n = 7), neurinoma (n = 7), ganglioneuroma (n = 5), adrenal carcinoma (n = 3), hemangioma (n = 1), fibrosis (n = 1), lymphangioma (n = 1), teratoma (n = 1), pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (n = 1), perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (n = 1), and hematoma (n = 1) *p<0.05