Table 1.

Demographics of the Study Population

	Total Study Population		Cardiothoracic Surgeons		Cardiac Anesthesiologists		General Cardiologists		Procedural Cardiologists		P Valuea
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
	28	100	8	28.57	8	28.57	7	25	5	17.86
Mean age, y	39.5	—	39.4	—	41.8	—	39.4	—	37.5	—	0.53
Sex
Male	26	92.9	8	100	7	88	7	100	4	80	0.53
Female	2	7.1	0	0	1	12	0	0	1	20
Training level
Attending	17	60.7	6	75	6	75	3	43	2	40	0.41
Fellow	11	39.3	2	25	2	25	4	57	3	60
Diabetes
Yes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
No	26	100	8	100	8	100	7	100	5	100
Hypertension
Yes	4	15.4	2	25	1	12	0	0	1	25	0.65
No	22	84.6	6	75	7	88	6	100	3	75
CVD
Yes	1	3.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	0.15
No	25	96.1	8	100	8	100	6	100	3	75
Hyperlipidemia
Yes	4	15.4	2	25	0	0	1	17	1	25	0.48
No	22	84.6	6	75	8	100	5	83	3	75
Smoking
Yes	1	3.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	0.15
No	25	96.1	8	100	8	100	6	100	3	75

Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; NA, not applicable.

^aFisher exact test.