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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Oct;90(4):1094–1101. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.009

Table 2.

Autoantibodies and risk of PGD

PGD
−ve
PGD
+ve
Odds
Ratio
CI p
All (n=142) 41(28.9%) 101(71.1%)
Antibody −ve 35 (34.5%) 66(65.5%)
Antibody +ve
All
Two Positive
Three Positive

6(19.4%)
3(13.6%)
1(6.7%)

35(80.6%)
19(86.4%)
14(93.3%)

3.09
0.07
7.4

1.2–8.1
0.9–12.1
0.9–58.9

0.02
0.07
0.03