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. 2019 May 23;15:1413–1419. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S201620

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients based on delirium and non-delirium of subjects

Variable Total
(n=296)
Delirium
(n=68)
Non-delirium
(n=228)
P-value
Age (years) 62 (54–66) 64 (59–73) 61 (53–66) <0.001**
Gender, n (%) 0.92***
Female 64 (22) 16 (23) 48 (21)
Male 232 (78) 52 (77) 180 (79)
Education level, n (%) 0.007***
 Illiterate 104 (35) 38 (56) 66 (29)
 Less than diploma 136 (46) 24 (35) 112 (49)
 Diploma 40 (14) 0 (0) 40 (18)
 College education 16 (5) 6 (9) 10 (4)
NYHA classification, n (%) 0.23***
Class II 236 (80) 50 (73) 186 (82)
Class III 38 (13) 8 (12) 30 (13)
Class IV 22 (7) 10 (15) 12 (5)
Type of surgery, n (%) 0.50***
SVD 20 (7) 6 (9) 14 (6)
2VD 56 (19) 10 (15) 46 (20)
3VD 208 (70) 50 (73) 158 (69)
CABG+ valvular 12 (4) 2 (3) 10 (5)
Hemoglobin,a (g/dL) 13.70±1.83 13.39±1.66 13.80±1.88 0.25*
Comorbidities
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 132 (45) 30 (44) 102 (45) 0.65***
Hypertension, n (%) 150 (51) 42 (62) 108 (47) 0.04***
Hyperlipidemia n (%) 104 (35) 18 (26) 86 (38) 0.02***
Smoker, n (%) 82 (28) 14 (21) 68 (30) 0.34***
Addiction, n (%) 54 (18) 14 (21) 40 (17) 0.90***
Eye problem, n (%) 20 (7) 10 (15) 10 (4) 0.001***
Ear/language barrier, n (%) 26 (9) 8 (12) 18 (8) 0.29***
Alcohol use 0 0 0 1
CPB duration (h:min) 4:3 (4–4:47) 4:3 (3:82–5:07) 4:2 (4:0–4:45) 0.33**
Post-surgery sodium, mg/dL 140.76±12.04 142.91±2.9 140.12±13.56 0.005*
Post-surgery potassium,  mg/dL 4.5 (4.2–4.7) 4.5 (4.3–4.7) 4.5 (4.2–4.7) 0.48**
Post-surgery creatinine,  mg/dL 1.20±0.32 1.34±0.42 1.16±0.27 0.005*
Poor mobilization, n (%) 72 (24) 12 (18) 60 (26) 0.60***
Poor sleep, n (%) 48 (16) 8 (12) 40 (17) 0.54***
LOS ICU, days 2 (2–4) 4 (2–5) 2 (2–3) 0.00**
LOS hospital, days 6 (5–7) 7 (6–9) 6 (5–7) 0.00**
Acute infection, n (%) 6 (2) 2 (3) 4 (2) 0.45***

Notes: *Student's t-test (mean ± SD) **Mann–Whitney U-test (median, IQR) ***Chi-square test. aPre-surgery.

Abbreviations: NYHA, New York Heart Association Heart Function; SVD, single vessel disease; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; 2VD, two vessel disease; 3VD, three vessel disease; LOS, length of stay; ICU, intensive care unit.