Table 3.

Preoperative laboratory information

	Dex group (n=503)	Control group (n=503)	P-value
Cystatin C (mg/L), median (IQR)	1.5 (1.2–1.5)	0.7 (0.6–1.8)	0.144
Lactic acid (mmol/L), median (IQR)	2.1 (1.8–2.1)	2.0 (1.4–2.1)	0.100
Albumin (g/L), mean (SD)	39.3 (5.9)	38.5 (5.6)	0.026
Creatinine (µmol/L), median (IQR)	89.0 (41.0–89.0)	48.0 (36.0–48.0)	0.638
BUN (mmol/L), median (IQR)	6.3 (5.9–6.7)	4.8 (3.8–4.8)	0.162
Glu (mmol/L), median (IQR)	7.1 (7.0–8.2)	8.4 (8.3–9.4)	0.993
Platelet (109/L), median (IQR)	240 (122–255)	298 (298–324)	0.025
CRP (mg/L), median (IQR)	16.0 (16.0–116.0)	35.5 (15.0–76.4)	0.733