Table 1.

Patient Characteristics – No Statin and Statins^*.

	No Statins N=124	Statins N=200	P
Age >75 years	33.1%	25.5%	0.18
Education, years	14.7±3.1	14.7±3.5	0.09
BMI†	26.3±3.8	27.5±4.9	0.07
History of Smoking	65.3%	73.5%	0.15
Hypertension	44.4%	56.5%	0.04
Diabetes Mellitus	16.1%	20.5%	0.41
PVD†	25.8%	32.0%	0.29
Cross Clamp Duration, mins	41.3±16.6	45.5±18.5	0.05
Cognitive Dysfunction	20.2%	11.0%	0.04

^*Mean ± standard deviation.

^†BMI indicates body mass index; PVD indicates peripheral vascular disease.