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. 2019 Nov 27;19:266. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1241-x

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Patients in groups with or without complications

Characteristic Normal (n = 176) Complication (n = 36) P
General characteristic
 Men (n,%) 68.3 65.4 0.746
 Age (y) 63.2 ± 6.6 64.4 ± 6.0 0.408
 BMI (kg/m2) 25.6 ± 3.2 25.6 ± 3.1 0.435
 Widow (%) 8.2 3.8 0.390
 Farmer (%) 37.3 25.6 0.358
 Live alone (%) 10 6.5 0.462
 EF (%) 55.3 57.9 0.158
 IPAQ 6994 6402 0.656
 Drink (%) 52.8 52.9 0.368
 Smoke (%) 32.9 38.5 0.089
 Grip (kg) 30.8 ± 9.1 31.2 ± 10.5 0.255
 Grip/Weight (kg/kg) 0.43 ± 0.11 0.45 ± 0.10 0.434
 4-m walking(m/s) 0.97 ± 0.21 0.95 ± 0.21 0.808
 EuroSCORE 2.15 ± 1.52 2.42 ± 1.58 0.235
Disease history
 Hypertension (%) 60.6 58.8 0.876
 Diabetes (%) 25.4 30.6 0.478
 Hyperlipidemia (%) 3.7 6.1 0.433
 Coronary heart disease (%) 35.4 40.9 0.492
Operative situation
 Type of surgery 0.129
  CABG (%) 71.9 70.6
  Aortic valve replacement (%) 12.7 18.6
 Non-aortic valve replacement (%) 7.2 5.8
  Other surgery 8.2 5.0
 Surgery time (h) 4.28 ± 1.78 4.67 ± 1.28 0.135
 Length of ICU staying (h) 44.3 ± 13.6 51.2 ± 23.6 0.007
 Assisted ventilation time (h) 12.2 ± 10.5 15.4 ± 15.6 0.094
 Drainage time (h) 72.7 ± 46.7 89.7 ± 53.8 0.063
Recovery situation
 Grip fluctuation (%) 100.2 ± 35.5 65.3 ± 22.3 < 0.001
 6MWD (m) 239.1 ± 102.1 204.8 ± 79.4 0.088
 Percentage of the estimated 6MWD (%) 46.4 ± 19.3 39.8 ± 14.4 0.081
 Heart rate recovery (%) 55.6 ± 23.3 54.4 ± 25.7 0.932
 Length of hospitalization time (day) 6.4 ± 2.4 6.6 ± 2.9 0.418

BMI, body mass index; IPAQ, international physical activity questionnaire; EF, Left ventricular ejection fraction; 6MWD, 6 min walk distance

Mean ± Standard deviation in all such values

Obtained by using t-test for continuous variables and chi-square for variables of proportion