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. 2023 Dec 28;11(2):263–277. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51949

Table 1.

Parent clinical trial and sub‐study cohort demographic variables and demographic variables by postoperative delirium status.

Demographic and clinical variables Postoperative delirium (POD) status
Parent trial cohort Sub‐study cohort p‐value POD No POD p‐value
N (%) 383 (100%) 298 (77.8%) 65/277 a (23.5%) 212/277 a (76.5%)
Sex = Female (%) 147 (38.4%) 117 (39.3%) p = 0.88 23 (21.7%) 83 (78.3%) p = 0.69
Age (mean; SD) 73.89 (6.7) 74.02 (6.7) p = 0.69 75 (6.7) 74 (6.8) p = 0.28
Race (%) p = 0.99 p = 0.37
Asian 5 (1.3%) 4 (1.3%) 1 (25.0%) 3 (75.0%)
Black 19 (5.0%) 14 (4.7%) 1 (8.3%) 11 (91.6%)
Not reported 5 (1.3%) 4 (1.3%) 2 (50.0%) 2 (50.0%)
White 352 (91.9%) 276 (92.6%) 61 (23.7%) 196 (76.3%)
Surgical device (%) p = 0.98 p = 0.43
Embol‐X (filtration device) 133 (34.7%) 103 (34.6%) 26 (26.5%) 72 (73.5%)
CardioGard (suction device) 118 (30.8%) 90 (30.2%) 21 (25.0%) 63 (75.0%)
Cannula control 132 (34.5%) 105 (35.2%) 18 (18.9%) 77 (81.1%)
History of stroke (%) 21 (5.5%) 15 (5.0%) p = 0.93 4 (30.8%) 9 (69.2%) p = 0.76
History of hypertension (%) 320 (83.6%) 245 (82.2%) p = 0.72 59 (26.1%) 167 (73.9%) p = 0.04

t‐test were used for continuous variables and Fisher test for discrete variables.

a

Percentages reflect number of study patients in each group, minus patients with incomplete POD outcome data (n = 16) or screened positive for delirium prior to surgery (n = 5).