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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2007 Sep 11;116(11 Suppl):I106–I112. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.679530

TABLE 2.

Preoperative Demographic Variables and Risk Factors in White Patients (N=843) With and Without a PMI After Primary CABG Surgery

Patient Demographics and Preoperative
Risk Factors [% (n)]
PMI
(N=88)
No PMI
(N=755)
P
Value
Age, y 64±11 65±10 0.48
Female gender 26 (23) 21 (161) 0.34
Weight, kg 87±16 88±19 0.61
Height, cm 172±10 173±10 0.12
Body mass index, kg/m2 30±5.0 29±5.5 0.63
Diabetes mellitus type I 7 (6) 10 (77) 0.45
Diabetes mellitus type II 20 (18) 21 (159) 0.42
Hyperlipidemia 75 (65) 76 (574) 0.79
History of smoking 69 (61) 71 (531) 0.81
Pulmonary disease 8 (7) 17 (123) 0.04
Renal disease 7 (6) 8 (58) 0.99
Hypertension 81 (71) 76 (573) 0.42
Prior myocardial infarction 51 (45) 45 (337) 0.26
Angina 7(6) 9 (68) 0.69
Anemia 9 (8) 8 (60) 0.68
Coagulopathy 1 (1) 2 (14) 0.99
Previous percutaneous transluminal
coronary angioplasty
20 (18) 21 (157) 0.99
Atrial fibrillation 8 (8) 5 (41) 0.33
Other dysrhythmias 2 (2) 6 (42) 0.19
Valvular disease 0 (0) 0.3 (2) 0.99
Carotid disease 2 (2) 4 (33) 0.57
Left Ventricular ejection fraction <30% 10 (88) 19 (142) 0.21
Urgency of operation—elective 36 (31) 45 (339) 0.17
≥3 coronary vessels with stenosis
>50%
14 (12) 16 (120) 0.76
Peripheral vascular disease 8 (6) 10 (54) 0.83
Transient ischemic attack 1 (1) 3 (22) 0.50
Stroke 6 (5) 5 (35) 0.60
Gastrointestinal disease 19 (17) 15 (115) 0.36
History of malignancy 16 (14) 9 (70) 0.06
Hepatic disease 8 (7) 6 (42) 0.34
Preoperative medications
β-blockers 89 (78) 77 (582) 0.01
Aspirin 81 (71) 75 (565) 0.29
Antiarrhythmics 2 (2) 4(27) 0.76
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors 49 (43) 46 (347) 0.65
Ca2+ channel blockers 8 (7) 15 (110) 0.10
Diuretics 22 (19) 22 (166) 0.99
Intravenous inotropes 3 (3) 4 (27) 0.99
Nonaspirin platelet inhibitors 26 (23) 17 (127) 0.04
Vasodilators 26 (23) 13 (99) 0.002
Warfarin or heparin 40(35) 28 (214) 0.04
Statins 68 (60) 74 (560) 0.25
Nonstatin antihyperlipidemics 13 (11) 6 (47) 0.04
Intraaortic balloon pump 5 (4) 2 (16) 0.15

Mean±SD.