Table 2. Clinical Risk Factors And Associated Mortality Following Vascular Surgery.
| Clinical risk factors | Cardiac death (%) | Non-cardiac death (%) | p-value |
| Male gender | 18/24 (75) | 36/59 (61) | 0.226* |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 15/24 (63) | 24/59 (41) | 0.071* |
| Congestive cardiac failure | 1/24 (4) | 1/59 (2) | 0.497† |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 2/24 (8) | 7/59 (12) | 1.00† |
| Diabetes | 8/24 (33) | 24/59 (41) | 0.533* |
| Hypertension | 17/27 (71) | 39/59 (66) | 0.677* |
| BMI > 30 kg.m–2 | 2/24 (8) | 5/59 (9) | 1.00† |
| Creatinine > 180 μmol.l–1 | 12/24 (50) | 13/59 (22) | 0.01* |
| Smoker | 19/24 (79) | 29/59 (49) | 0.01* |
*Pearson chi-square test, †Fisher’s exact test.