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. 2012 Sep 14;7:86. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-86

Table 1.

Perioperative characteristics of the study population

  Survivors(N = 138)   Deaths(N = 42)    
 
Mean/N
(SD)/%
Mean/N
(SD)/%
P value
     
 
 
 
Age (years)
56.9
(10.5)
60.9
(7.9)
0.02
Diabetes
28
20.3%
11
26.2%
0.04
Hypertension
57
41.3%
18
42.9%
0.76
Hyperlipidaemia
54
39.1%
12
28.6%
0.03
Peripheral vascular disease
16
11.6%
9
21.4%
0.09
Arrhythmia
29
21.0%
9
21.4%
0.89
Reoperation
5
3.6%
6
14.3%
0.21
Psychiatric treatment
14
10.1%
12
28.6%
0.003
Anxiolytics/ antidepressants
61
44.2%
12
28.6%
0.02
Perioperative factors
 
 
 
 
 
CPB time (min)
72.1
(47.7)
88.2
(46.1)
0.05
EUROSCORE (additive)
3.1
(2.3)
4.5
(2.6)
0.002
ICU stay (days)
1.4
(1.1)
5.4
(11.6)
0.001
Hospital stay (days)
8.9
(3.4)
11.6
(13.8)
0.04
       
 
 
BDI
8.7
(5.7)
13.6
(9.8)
<0.001
STAI-S
43.7
(10.8)
48.5
(12.5)
0.02
STAI-T
42.7
(9.2)
51.1
(9.8)
<0.001
School years
11.4
(3.1)
9.5
(2.6)
<0.001
     
 
 
 
MACCE
42
30.4%
36
85.7%
<0.001
Arrhythmia
29
21.0%
9
22.0%
0.90
Malignancy
0
0.0%
4
9.5%
<0.001
Rehospitalization
50
39.7%
22
88.0%
<0.001
BDI (mean)
7.8
(5.5)
14.2
(10.1)
0.004
STAI-T (mean) 40.7 (9.2) 48.5 (12.7) 0.004

N: number, SD: standard deviation, CPB time: cardiopulmonary bypass time, ICU: intensive care unit, BDI: Beck Depression Inventory, STAI-S: state anxiety subscale in the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI-T: trait anxiety subscale in the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, MACCE: major adverse cardiac and cerebral event.