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. 2012 Aug;23(8):1389–1397. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2012020122

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients stratified by intended use of cardiopulmonary bypass pump

Characteristic Baseline Propensity Weighted
On-Pump
(n=584,348) Off-Pump
(n=158,561) Standardized Difference (%)a Standardized Difference (%)a P Value
Age (yr), median (IQR) 65 (58, 73) 66 (58, 74) 6.5 0.1 0.83
Female (%) 26.2 29.4 7.1 0.01 0.99
BSA, median (IQR) 2.0 (1.8, 2.2) 2.0 (1.8, 2.1) 8.8 0.02 0.95
Hypertension 82.7 82.6 0.2 0.2 0.44
Diabetes 38.6 36.2 4.9 0.2 0.45
Chronic lung disease 21.7 21.9 0.5 0.09
eGFR
 ≥90 24.3 23.2 2.6 0.03 0.93
 60–89 51.6 51.1 1.1 0.1 0.85
 30–59 22.8 23.9 2.7 0.02 0.95
 15–29 1.3 1.8 4.0 0.1 0.78
Prior cardiovascular surgery 4.9 3.9 3.9 0.4 0.23
Prior MI 43.9 41.6 0.6 0.1 0.80
CHF 12.8 13.1 0.7 0.1 0.62
Ejection fraction, median (IQR) 55 (45, 60) 55 (45, 60) 6.8 0.7 0.02
Left main >50% 30.8 28.3 5.4 0.1 0.81
CAD, no. of vessels
 1 2.4 10.6 33.6 0.01 0.97
 2 18.0 25.0 17.1 0.2 0.38
 3 79.4 64.0 34.6 0.2 0.42
Procedure status
 elective 47.9 51.5 7.2 0.4 0.24
 urgent 52.1 48.6 7.2 0.4 0.24

IQR, interquartile range; BSA, body surface area; MI, myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; CAD, coronary artery disease.

a

Calculated as difference in group means divided by an estimate of the pooled SD; rounded to the first significant digit after the decimal point.