Table 2.

In-hospital outcomes according to dexmedetomidine status.

Variable	Entire cohort		Adjusted OR	95% CI	p value	Propensity-matched cohort		p value
	DEX	Non-DEX				DEX	Non-DEX
	N = 889	N = 495				N = 462	N = 462
Cardiac arrest	4 (0.450)	11 (2.22)	0.223	0.068–0.731	0.013	1 (0.216)	8 (1.73)	0.039
Reoperation	9 (1.01)	11 (2.22)	0.569	0.227–1.425	0.229	9 (1.95)	7 (1.52)	0.804
Acute kidney injury	18 (2.02)	22 (4.44)	0.476	0.246–0.920	0.077	10 (2.16)	14 (3.03)	0.523
Sepsis	23 (2.59)	15 (3.03)	1.040	0.518–2.087	0.912	1 (0.216)	5 (1.08)	0.219

DEX, dexmedetomidine; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.