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. 2020 Feb 5;53(1):8–15. doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2020.53.1.8

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients before and after propensity score matching

Characteristic All patients Matched patients


Control group (n=369) Intensivist group (n=428) SMD p-value Control group (n=302) Intensivist group (n=302) SMD p-value
Age (yr) 66.4±9.1 66.5±10.5 0.016 0.809 66.6±9.0 66.4±10.5 −0.025 0.742

Male 278 (75.3) 319 (74.5) −0.018 0.794 223 (73.8) 226 (74.8) 0.023 0.780

Height (cm) 162.7±7.9 162.8±8.6 0.019 0.780 162.6±8.2 162.9±8.7 0.027 0.739

Body weight (kg) 65.1±10.3 64.9±11.3 −0.017 0.802 64.9±10.5 65.7±11.7 0.072 0.359

Body mass index (kg/m2) 24.5±2.9 24.3±3.4 −0.057 0.392 24.4±2.9 24.7±3.3 0.083 0.265

EuroSCORE II 1.7±1.3 2.0±2.2 0.110 0.055 1.8±1.3 1.9±2.2 0.064 0.338

EuroSCORE II ≥5 14 (3.8) 31 (7.2) 0.133 0.035 13 (4.3) 20 (6.6) 0.089 0.210

Diabetes 187 (50.7) 243 (56.8) 0.123 0.085 158 (52.3) 163 (54.0) 0.033 0.683

Hypertension 279 (75.6) 312 (72.9) −0.061 0.383 226 (74.8) 227 (75.2) 0.007 0.925

Dyslipidemia 163 (44.2) 193 (45.1) 0.018 0.794 130 (43.0) 125 (41.4) −0.033 0.680

History of stroke 77 (20.9) 86 (20.1) −0.019 0.787 66 (21.9) 66 (21.9) 0.000 1.000

Chronic renal failure 41 (11.1) 60 (14.0) 0.084 0.219 34 (11.3) 41 (13.6) 0.067 0.388

Peripheral vascular disease 61 (16.5) 88 (20.6) 0.100 0.146 55 (18.2) 52 (17.2) −0.025 0.749

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 22 (6.0) 40 (9.3) 0.116 0.075 21 (7.0) 24 (7.9) 0.034 0.642

Left ventricle dysfunction 47 (12.7) 66 (15.4) 0.074 0.279 42 (13.9) 49 (16.2) 0.064 0.426

Surgeon A 243 (65.9) 183 (42.8) −0.466 <0.001 177 (58.6) 168 (55.6) −0.060 0.459

Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting 273 (74.0) 350 (81.8) 0.202 0.008 238 (78.8) 238 (78.8) 0.000 1.000

Use of saphenous vein graft 69 (18.7) 81 (18.9) 0.006 0.935 49 (16.2) 61 (20.2) 0.101 0.206

No. of anastomoses 3.5±1.1 3.0±1.1 −0.474 <0.001 3.3±1.1 3.2±1.1 −0.102 0.190

Operating time (min) 269.0±57.8 255.5±65.4 −0.206 0.002 263.2±56.8 261.8±62.1 −0.021 0.781

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).

EuroSCORE; European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation; SMD, standardized mean difference.