Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, surgical and postoperative data, per group, of patients undergoing CABG

Variables	Intervention (n = 17)	Control (n = 17)	Total (%)	P
Gender				0.69a
Male	14	12	26 (76.5)
Female	3	5	8 (23.5)
Age (years)	59.9±7	61.8±6.7	60.9±6.8	0.43b
BMI (kg/m2)	26.4±3.1	24.9±3.3	25.7±3.3	0.17b
Comorbidities
Hypertension	13	14	27 (79.4)	1.00a
Smoke	13	9	22 (64.7)	0.28a
Myocardial infarction	10	8	18 (52.9)	0.52a
Diabetes mellitus	6	8	14 (41.2)	0.73a
Dyslipidemia	8	6	14 (41.2)	0.73a
EUROSCORE II (%)	0.73±0.18	0.79±0.17	0.76±0.14	0.34b
Number of bypass graftings (n)	2.7±0.9	2.7±0.4	2.7±0.6	0.68c
CPB time (min)	84.2±35.9	77.6±20.8	80.2±28.2	0.88c
Aortic clamp time (min)	59.2±25	55±13.7	57.5±20.3	0.54b
Surgery time (min)	225.2±44.6	243.1±60.3	233.2±53.8	0.30b
Intubation time (hours)	14±7.8	14.3±6.1	14.2±7	0.60c
ICU stay (days)	3.2±1.2	3.3±0.9	3.3±1	0.57c
Hospital stay (days)	6.3±1.2	7.5±2.7	6.9±2.1	0.10c

BMI=body mass index; ICU=intensive care unit;

^aFisher's exact test.

^bStudent's t test.

^cMann-Whitney test. Quantitatives variables showed as mean ± standard deviation.