Table 2.

Patients’ comorbidities

Comorbidities	HES(n = 59)	LR(n = 59)
Hypertension,no.(%)	49(83.0)	51(86.4)
Diabetes mellitus(typeII),no.(%)	12(20.3)	10(16.9)
Stroke,no.(%)	1(1.7)	2(3.4)
COPD,no.(%)	1(1.7)	3(5.1)
CABG,no.(%)	2(3.4)	2(3.4)

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, HES 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4, LR Lactate Ringers’

Values are no. (%)