Nakamura H, Izuchi R, Hagiwara T, Izumi S, Konishiike J, Omura I, Sakai S, Shigematsu Y, Akutagawa M, Takeno Y
Jpn J Med. 1983 Jan;22(1):2-8. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine1962.22.2.
This is a report on a statistical study comparing the Kaup index and the level of tobacco consumption of patients with idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax and those of healthy subjects. A statistically significant difference was found between the average Kaup index of the patients with idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax and that of normal healthy individuals in Japan as published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. A statistically significant difference was also found in the physical features between 2,433 males with idiopathic pneumothorax and 1,906 healthy males when compared by means of the Kaup index. Again, a statistically significant difference was noted in the level of tobacco consumption between the males with idiopathic pneumothorax and normal males when compared by means of the Brinkmann index. The Kaup index of idiopathic pneumothorax patients was lower than that of healthy subjects, while the level of tobacco consumption of the former was higher. Idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax is related to thin and tall individuals and the level of tobacco consumption among such patients is higher than among healthy subjects.
这是一份关于一项统计研究的报告，该研究比较了特发性自发性气胸患者与健康受试者的考普指数及烟草消费水平。在日本厚生省公布的特发性自发性气胸患者的平均考普指数与正常健康个体的平均考普指数之间，发现了具有统计学意义的差异。通过考普指数比较2433名特发性气胸男性患者与1906名健康男性的身体特征时，也发现了具有统计学意义的差异。同样，通过布林克曼指数比较特发性气胸男性患者与正常男性的烟草消费水平时，也注意到了具有统计学意义的差异。特发性气胸患者的考普指数低于健康受试者，而前者的烟草消费水平更高。特发性自发性气胸与瘦高个体有关，这类患者中的烟草消费水平高于健康受试者。
