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. 2018 Aug 5;51(4):247–253. doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.4.247

Table 1.

Preoperative characteristics of the patients

Characteristic Unmatched Matched


UFT (n=69) Non-UFT (n=126) p-value D UFT (n=47) Non-UFT (n=47) p-value D
Sex (male) 33 (47.8) 64 (50.8) 0.692 0.0655 23 (48.9) 21 (44.7) 0.679 0.0943

Age (mo) 47.8±64.7 21.1±53.3 <0.001 0.5005 35.8±53.6 28.8±36.3 0.459 0.2179

Weight (kg) 18.2±21.9 9.2±6.2 <0.001 0.5005 13.3±9.5 11.5±7.9 0.316 0.2958

Height (cm) 92.9±27.3 73.8±20.4 <0.001 0.5005 87.8±21.7 82.8±21.7 0.264 0.3300

Body surface area 0.637±0.362 0.427±0.207 <0.001 0.5005 0.560±0.251 0.506±0.229 0.278 0.3203

Diagnosis <0.001 0.027

 VSD 38 (55.1) 22 (17.5) 24 (51.1) 17 (36.2)

 ASD 19 (27.5) 38 (30.2) 13 (27.7) 8 (17.0)

 VSD+ASD 4 (5.8) 36 (23.8) 4 (8.5) 10 (21.3)

 Others 8 (11.6) 30 (23.8) 6 (12.8) 12 (25.5)

Pulmonary hypertension 1 (1.4) 16 (12.7) 0.008 1.2634 1 (2.1) 3 (6.4) 0.617 0.6302

Extracardiac anomalies 1 (1.4) 5 (4.0) 0.426 0.5696 0 1 (2.1) >0.999

Operating time (min) 200.7±92.7 238.4±49.1 <0.001 0.5005 208.7±59.3 213.6±45.8 0.610 0.1499

CPB time (min) 89.5±33.2 109.4±30.8 <0.001 0.5005 94.8±34.6 96.8±29.3 0.763 0.0885

Aortic cross-clamp time (min) 48.4±25.7 62.9±23.2 <0.001 0.5005 55.6±23.6 55.9±22.6 0.961 0.0143

CPB volume (mL)

 Priming volume 540.4±516.9 259.9±244.4 <0.001 0.5005 398.3±310.7 331.1±279.0 0.273 0.3237

 Cardioplegia volume 473.6±407.4 310.0±215.4 <0.001 0.5005 432.1±252.3 374.9±274.5 0.295 0.3091

 Additional blood 26.2±40.0 36.9±37.8 0.066 0.2769 22.6±25.8 26.8±23.9 0.409 0.2431

 Input/output balance −180.4±183.3 −136.3±105.4 0.010 0.3896 −182.7±140.7 −173.6±142.0 0.757 0.0908

Value are presented as number (%) or mean±standard deviation.

UFT, ultra-fast-track; D, standardized difference; VSD, ventricular septal defect; ASD, atrial septal defect; CPB time, cardiopulmonary bypass time.