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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2019 Sep;131(3):492–500. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000002849

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study population.

Variables (N=130) Delirium (N=34) Non-delirium (N=96) P Value
Age (years), mean ± SD 83 ± 5 79 ± 6 0.001
Sex, male, n (%) 9 (27%) 22 (23%) 0.676
Marital status, n (%)
married 21 (62%) 74 (77%) 0.058
single 11(32%) 16 (17%)
divorced/widowed 2 (6%) 6 (6%)
Living condition, n (%)
living together 20 (59%) 73 (76%) 0.056
living alone 14 (41%) 23 (24%)
Children, n (%)
having children 29 (85%) 89 (93%) 0.289
no children 5 (15%) 7 (7%)
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD 20 ± 6 22 ± 4 0.673
Education (years), mean ± SD 4 ± 5 5 ± 5 0.229
ACCI (points), mean ± SD 5 ± 1 5 ± 2 0.353
CMMSE (points), mean ± SD 18 ± 5 24 ± 5 0.001
CRP (mg/L), mean ± SD 29 ± 26 25 ± 21 0.245
HGB (g/dL), mean ± SD 10 ± 2 10 ± 2 0.123
WBC (K/μL), mean ± SD 8 ± 3 8 ± 3 0.598
ASA class, n (%)
I 1 (3%) 1 (1%)
II 20 (59%) 64 (67%) 0.580
III 13 (38%) 31 (32%)
Anesthesia type, n (%)
propofol 1 (3%) 5 (5%)
sevoflurane 10 (29%) 21 (22%) 0.620
propofol & sevoflurane 23 (68%) 70 (73%)
Surgery type, n (%)
proximal femoral nail 22 (65%) 45 (47%)
hip replacement 10 (29%) 46 (48%) 0.160
open reduction and internal fixation 2 (6%) 5 (5%)
Length of anesthesia (min), mean ± SD 128 ± 49 132 ± 50 0.729
Length of operation (min), mean ± SD 88 ± 46 100 ± 44 0.174
Estimated blood loss (mL), mean ± SD 329 ± 286 316 ± 264 0.814
Length of hospitalization (day), mean ± SD 20 ± 6 18 ± 5 0.127

BMI, Body Mass Index; SD, standard deviation; ACCI, age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index; CMMSE, Chinese Mini-Mental State Examination; CRP, C-reactive protein; HGB, Hemoglobin; WBC, white blood cell; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists.