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. 2013 Apr 10;2013:837130. doi: 10.1155/2013/837130

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics and tertiles of TR % change after exercise (pre-/postexercise difference).

n Lower 2 tertiles
(<−0.0952 and <1.1162)
Upper tertiles
(≥1.1162)
P value*
Age, y 30 57.5 ± 11.3 59.1 ± 6.7 0.685
Sex, n (%) female 11 6 (55) 5 (45) 0.425
Height, m 30 1.7 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.1 0.589
Weight, kg 30 84.5 ± 19.3 79.5 ± 17.8 0.501
Waist, cm 28 107.5 ± 46.2 95.9 ± 10.1 0.465
BMI, (kg/m)2 30 28.8 ± 5.4 27.7 ± 3.3 0.567
Obesity, n (%) 10 8 (80) 2 (20) 0.419
Abdominal obesity, n (%) 13 8 (62) 5 (38) 0.505
Smoker, n (%) 21 12 (57) 9 (43) 0.204
Coronary artery disease**, n (%) 1 1 (100) 0 (0) 1.000
Hypertension, n (%) 13 11 (85) 2 (15) 0.119
Diabetes, n (%) 4 4 (100) 0 (0) 0.272
Dyslipidemia, n (%) 13 8 (62) 5 (38) 0.705
Statin therapy, n (%) 5 3 (60) 2 (40) 1.000
β-Blocker therapy, n (%) 6 6 (100) 0 (0) 0.074
Aspirin therapy, n (%) 5 5 (100) 0 (0) 0.140
ACE-inhibitor therapy, n (%) 4 3 (75) 1 (25) 1.000
ASA risk score > 2, n (%) 28 19 (68) 9 (32) 0.615
Lee Cardiac Risk Index > 2, n (%) 3 3 (100) 0 (0) 0.107
Chemotherapy, n  (%) 13 7 (54) 6 (46) 0.255
Radiation therapy, n  (%) 10 7 (70) 3 (30) 0.101
PreOp echo/EF, % 17 61.4 ± 3.8 62.4 ± 6.9 0.709
PreOp hemoglobin, mg/dL 30 13.3 ± 1.0 13.5 ± 1.4 0.705
PreOp fasting glucose, mg/dL 30 106.7 ± 28.6 95.8 ± 12.0 0.260
PreOp creatinine, mg/dL 28 1.0 ± 0.3 1.0 ± 0.2 0.509
Length of hospital stay, d 30 11.2 ± 11.7 12.6 ± 18.32 0.800
Length of ICU Stay, d 30 2.4 ± 9.0 6.3 ± 19.9 0.462

*Fisher's exact test.

**Patient status after myocardial infarction (with or without intervention).