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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Dec 24;103(2):497–503. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.020

Table 2.

Demographics of study population categorized by occurrence of DSWI.

DSWI
(N=136)
No DSWI
(N=14,356)
P Value



Demographics
Age
< 40 1 (0.7%) 408 (2.8%) 0.50
40–49 10 (7.4%) 1014 (7.1%)
50–59 28 (20.6%) 2545 (17.7%)
60–69 35 (25.7%) 3819 (26.6%)
70–79 43 (31.6%) 4218 (29.4%)
>=80 19 (14.0%) 2352 (16.4%)
Year
2003–2004 45 (33.1%) 2278 (15.9%)
2005–2006 27 (19.9%) 2376 (16.5%)
2007–2008 23 (16.9%) 2284 (15.9%) <0.0001
2009–2010 26 (19.1%) 2354 (16.4%)
2011–2012 8 (5.9%) 2216 (15.4%)
2013–2015 7 (5.2%) 2848 (19.8%)
Gender (Female) 45 (33.0%) 4936 (34.4%) 0.75
Race (Caucasian) 129 (94.9%) 13560 (94.5%) 0.63
Height (cm) 173 (155–183) 173 (157–183) 0.92
Weight (kg) 88 (63–110) 81 (60–107) 0.0008
BMI (kg/m2) 30 (22–39) 27 (22–36) 0.0034
BMI >30 kg/m2 65 (47.8%) 4477 (31.2%) <0.0001
Medical History
Diabetes 57 (40.4%) 3792 (26.4%) 0.0001
Hypertension 103 (75.7%) 10233 (71.2%) 0.25
Chronic lung disease 28 (20.6%) 2040 (14.2%) 0.045
Creatinine (mg/dL) 1.1 (0.8 – 1.8) 1.0 (0.7 – 1.5) 0.050
Creatinine > 1.5mg/dL 21 (15.4%) 1307 (9.1%) 0.019
Preoperative dialysis 6 (4.4%) 193 (1.3%) 0.015
Postoperative renal failure 10 (7.4%) 867 (6.0%) 0.53
Peripheral artery disease 26 (19.1%) 1872 (13.0%) 0.048
Previous MI 47 (34.6%) 3490 (24.3%) 0.008
Prior cardiac surgery 13 (9.6%) 1283 (8.9%) 0.80
NYHA Class
I 25 (18.4%) 2349 (16.3%)
II 54 (39.7%) 6814 (47.6%) 0.002
III 41 (30.2%) 4593 (32.0%)
IV 16 (11.8%) 600 (4.2%)
STS DSWI Risk Index (%) 0.54% (0.16% – 1.5%) 0.33% (0.11% – 0.90%) <0.0001
STS DSWI Risk Index (%)
<0.5% 62 (45.6%) 9917 (69.1%) <0.0001
0.5 – 1.0% 50 (36.8%) 3328 (23.2%)
>1.0% 24 (17.7%) 1111 (7.7%)
Operation
Operative status
Elective 70 (51.5%) 9531 (66.4%)
Urgent 56 (41.2%) 4424 (30.8%) 0.0008
Emergent or salvage 10 (6.9%) 401 (2.8%)
Operation type:
CABG 65 (47.8%) 5239 (36.4%)
Valve 35 (25.7%) 6369 (19.4%) <0.0001
CABG/Valve 36 (26.5%) 2748 (44.3%)
IABP 17 (2.2%) 768 (5.3%) 0.0008
Bypass Time (min.) 130 (81–255) 119 (71–220) 0.016
Bypass time
<120 min 49 (39.5%) 6759 (50.1%) 0.056
120 – 240 min 45 (36.3%) 4202 (31.2%)
>240 min 30 (24.2%) 2526 (18.7%)
Open chest after surgery 2 (1.5%) 145 (1.0%) 0.62
Vancomycin Paste Use 38 (27.9%) 4959 (34.5%) 0.10
Outcomes
Mortality
0–5 days 0 (0%) 166 (1.2%) 0.07
0–1 year 23 (16.9%) 874 (6.1%) <0.0001
0–5 years 41 (30.2%) 2156 (15.0%) <0.0001