Table 3.
Risk factors for a complicated postoperative recovery by age and physical activity status
| Group A | Group B | Group C | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age ≤ 65 years | Age >65 and ≤75 | Age >75 yrs | |||||||
| N = 1329 | N = 1250 | N = 803 | |||||||
| Variablea | Active | DPA | p-value | Active | DPA | p-value | Active | DPA | p-value |
| N = 832 (%) | N = 497 (%) | N = 777 (%) | N = 473 (%) | N = 406 (%) | N = 397 (%) | ||||
| Female gender | 117 (14.0) | 118 (23.7) | 0.000 | 155 (19.9) | 159 (33.6) | 0.000 | 114 (28.1) | 193 (48.6) | 0.000 |
| BMI > 30 | 196 (23.6) | 186 (37.4) | 0.000 | 150 (19.3) | 171 (36.2) | 0.000 | 67 (16.5) | 106 (26.7) | 0.000 |
| Insulin dependent diabetes | 48 (5.8) | 54 (10.9) | 0.001 | 66 (8.5) | 65 (13.7) | 0.003 | 31 (7.6) | 39 (9.8) | 0.272 |
| Extracardiac arteriopathya | 73 (8.8) | 76 (15.3) | 0.000 | 125 (16.1) | 111 (23.5) | 0.001 | 48 (11.8) | 105 (26.4) | 0.000 |
| History of a neurological event | 55 (6.6) | 42 (8.5) | 0.212 | 76 (9.8) | 63 (13.3) | 0.054 | 53 (13.1) | 73 (18.4) | 0.038 |
| Renal dysfunctiona | 4 (0.5) | 8 (1.6) | 0.035 | 4 (0.5) | 14 (3.0) | 0.000 | 2 (0.5) | 7 (1.8) | 0.104 |
| Chronic pulmonary diseasea | 47 (5.6) | 49 (9.9) | 0.004 | 77 (9.9) | 67 (14.2) | 0.022 | 41 (10.1) | 52 (13.1) | 0.184 |
| Recent infarctiona | 87 (10.5) | 34 (6.8) | 0.027 | 56 (7.2) | 26 (5.5) | 0.236 | 36 (8.9) | 33 (8.3) | 0.779 |
| Previous cardiac surgerya | 20 (2.4) | 22 (4.4) | 0.041 | 25 (3.2) | 19 (4.0) | 0.457 | 10 (2.5) | 12 (3.0) | 0.627 |
For variables marked with a the definitions as in the logistic EuroSCORE are used. DPA = decreased physical activity, BMI = Body Mass Index, history of a neurological event = a CVA or TIA preoperative