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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May;85(5):1521–1526. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.078

Table 1.

Patient Demographics and Risk Factors

Variablesa Statins (n = 203) No Statins (n = 244) p Value
Patient characteristic
    Age, mean ± SD years 67.7 ± 10.6 61.4 ± 15.5 <0.0001
    Male sex, No. (%) 134 (66.0) 145 (59.7) 0.2033
Risk factors, comorbidities, No (%)
    Diabetes mellitus 66 (32.5 32 (13.1) <0.0001
    Renal failure 26 (12.8) 25 (10.3) 0.3963
    Cerebrovascular disease 45 (22.2) 24 (9.9) 0.003
    Previous stroke 30 (14.8) 16 (6.6) 0.004
    Dyslipidemia 191 (94.1) 63 (26.0) <0.0001
    COPD 25 (12.3) 32 (13.1) 0.8008

COPD = chronic obstructive lung disease.