Table 3.

The concentration of resistin in perivascular adipose tissue in two regions in the heart surface in both groups

	POAF(+) (n = 14) X ± SD	POAF(−) (n = 32) X ± SD	P
PVAT-LAD, ng/g	145.7 ± 184.6	96.6 ± 154.7	0.15
PVAT-LM, ng/g	166.6 ± 165.1	83.6 ± 101.0	0.03a
P	0.47	0.99

PVAT –LAD perivascular adipose tissue in the area of the left anterior descending artery, PVAT-LM perivascular adipose tissue in the area of the left main trunk, n number of patients, POAF(+) patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation; POAF(−) patients without postoperative atrial fibrillation, X mean value, SD standard deviation

^aStatistically significant