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. 2017 Dec 25;10(4):378–385. doi: 10.3400/avd.oa.17-00055

Table 2 Comparison of risk factor variables between CS and non-CS groups.

Risk factor variables CS group (n=5) Non-CS group (n=17) P-value
Mean ischemic time (min) 2,454 2,718 0.902
Mean age of patients (years±SD) 67.4±12 65.7±12 0.798
Previous history of acute limb ischemia (%) 0 (0) 4 (24) 0.251
Peripheral arterial disease (%) 2 (40) 5 (29) 0.673
Hypotension (%) 1 (20) 0 (0) 0.063
Inadequate backflow intraoperatively (%) 4 (80) 2 (12) 0.001
Positive fluid balance in 48 h (mL) 4,324 1,223 0.002
Rutherford classification
Category I: viable (%) 0 (0) 7 (41) 0.090
Category IIA: marginally threatened (%) 0 (0) 7 (41) 0.090
Category IIB: immediately threatened (%) 5 (100) 3 (18) <0.001
Level of occlusion
Aorta-iliac arteries 3 8 0.631
Femoral-popliteal arteries 3 11 0.856
Mean number of vessels occluded 1.4±0.5 1.5±0.5 0.631
Etiology of acute arterial occlusion
Emboli (%) 3 (60) 13 (76) 0.491
Thrombosis (%) 2 (40) 4 (24) 0.491
Creatine kinase (CK)
Mean CK (U/L) 20,683 911 <0.001
CK up to 4,000 U/L 1 (20) 16 (94) <0.001
CK >4,000 U/L 4 (80) 1 (6) <0.001
Occupation
Labor (gardener, farmer) (%) 2 (60) 11 (65) 0.347
Non-labor (%) 3 (40) 6 (35) 0.347
Revascularization
Embolectomy (%) 3 (60) 13 (76) 0.491
Vascular bypass (%) 2 (40) 4 (24) 0.491

SD: standard deviation; CS: compartment syndrome