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. 2018 May 8;9:11–19. doi: 10.2147/POR.S157909

Table 5.

Bivariate associations between demographic and other data and delirium development

Independent variable Delirium
p-value
No Yes
Agea 62.5 (12.6) 69.6 (11.9) 0.020b
Sex 0.202c
 Male 117 (73.6) 12 (60.0)
 Female 42 (26.4) 8 (40.0)
Weighta 81.0 (17.0) 81.4 (12.2) 0.906b
Heighta 170.1 (8.1) 167.2 (10.4) 0.230b
BMIa 27.9 (5.2) 29.2 (4.2) 0.226b
Surgical type of operation
 CABG 0.032c
  No 71 (44.7) 14 (70.0)
  Yes 88 (55.3) 6 (30.0)
AVR/MVR 0.267c
 No 117 (73.6) 17 (85.0)
 Yes 42 (26.4) 3 (15.0)
Bentall ± ascending aorta ± arch replacement 0.746c
 No 148 (93.1) 19 (95.0)
 Yes 11 (6.9) 1 (5.0)
AVR and MVR (± CABG) <0.001c
 No 146 (91.8) 10 (50.0)
 Yes 13 (8.2) 10 (50.0)
ASD/VSD 0.549c
 No 154 (96.9) 20 (100.0)
 Yes 5 (3.1) 0 (0.0)
Transfer to HDU 0.321c
 No 139 (87.4) 19 (95.0)
 Yes 20 (12.6) 1 (5.0)
EuroSCORE IIa,d 1.7 (2.6)/3.7 (5.9) 3.7 (5.3)/6.3 (6.6) 0.001e
CPB (min)a 118.8 (40.2) 140.2 (56.0) 0.113b
Ischemia time during CPB (min)a 75.8 (29.7) 90.1 (42.0) 0.155b
In-hospital LOS (days)d 7.0 (2.0) 7.5 (3.5) 0.028f
ICU LOS (hours)d 26.0 (19.0) 45.5 (31.2) <0.001f
Total sedation time (hours)d 5.0 (3.0) 6.2 (6.6) 0.189f
LOS with endotracheal tube (hours)d 8.0 (4.0) 11.5 (10.6) 0.001f
NL ratio, 2nd postoperative dayd 9.2 (7.3) 16.4 (17.9) 0.001f
Urea operation dayd 41.0 (19.0) 49.5 (29.0) 0.025f
Urea 2nd postoperative dayd 40.0 (25.0) 52.5 (45.5) 0.016f
Creatinine operation dayd 1.0 (0.3) 1.1 (0.5) 0.018f
Creatinine 1st postoperative dayd 1.0 (0.5) 1.3 (0.5) 0.006f
Creatinine 2nd postoperative dayd 1.0 (0.5) 1.3 (0.5) 0.026f
Sodium 1st postoperative day3 142.7 (3.6) 144.5 (3.4) 0.039b
Sodium 2nd postoperative daya 141.2 (3.7) 143.4 (4.0) 0.033b
PT operation daya 13.1 (1.3) 14.4 (2.4) <0.001b
INR operation daya 1.0 (0.1) 1.2 (0.2) <0.001b

Notes:

a

Mean (standard deviation),

b

2-sided t-test,

c

χ2,

d

median (interquartile range),

e

Monte-Carlo test,

f

Mann–Whitney test. Bold data are statistically significant.

Abbreviations: ASD, atrial septal defect; AVR, aortic valve replacement; BMI, body mass index; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; HDU, high-dependency unit; ICU, intensive care unit; INR, International Normalized Ratio; LOS, length of stay; MVR, mitral valve replacement; NL, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte; PT, prothrombin time; VSD, ventricular septal defect.