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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jun 26;111(2):600–606. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.044

Table 3.

Characteristics of ssBITA and Non-ssBITA patients before and after propensity score matching

Before Matching After Matching
Non-SS BITA SS BITA SD Non-SS BITA SS BITA SD
Characteristic (n=6428) (n=4841) (n=3884) (n=3884)
Age,mean(sd) 61.9±10.4 61.2±10.0 0.07 61.0±10.2 61.0±9.9 0.00
Gender 0.02 −0.01
 Male 5487(85.4%) 4169(86.1%) 3353(86.3%) 3338(85.9%)
 Female 941(14.6%) 672(13.9%) 531(13.7%) 546(14.1%)
Race 0.07 0.03
 White 5216(81.1%) 3972(82.0%) 3148(81.1%) 3187(82.1%)
 Black 397(6.2%) 270(5.6%) 233(6.0%) 230(5.9%)
 Other 632(9.8%) 420(8.7%) 380(9.8%) 346(8.9%)
 Unknown 183(2.8%) 179(3.7%) 123(3.2%) 121(3.1%)
BMI 0.04 0.02
 Underweight 26(0.4%) 22(0.5%) 14(0.4%) 16(0.4%)
 Normal weigh 1167(18.2%) 833(17.2%) 665(17.1%) 681(17.5%)
 Overweight 2733(42.5%) 2004(41.4%) 1655(42.6%) 1628(41.9%)
 Obese 2502(38.9%) 1982(40.9%) 1550(39.9%) 1559(40.1%)
Chronic Lung Disease > Mild 769(12.0%) 603(12.5%) 0.02 467(12.0%) 472(12.2%) 0.00
Diabetes 2219(34.5%) 1841(38.0%) 0.07 1427(36.7%) 1447(37.3%) 0.01
Hemoglobin A1c > 6% 6371(99.1%) 4763(98.4%) −0.07 3842(98.9%) 3846(99.0%) 0.01
Hypertension 5483(85.3%) 4162(86.0%) 0.02 3334(85.8%) 3352(86.3%) 0.01
Cerebrovascular Disease 1024(15.9%) 797(16.5%) 0.01 614(15.8%) 636(16.4%) 0.02
Peripheral Arterial Disease 702(10.9%) 510(10.5%) −0.01 394(10.1%) 419(10.8%) 0.02
Albumin 0.06 0.01
 Normal 4363(67.9%) 3367(69.6%) 2674(68.8%) 2681(69.0%)
 Low 1099(17.1%) 727(15.0%) 625(16.1%) 616(15.9%)
 Very Low 966(15.0%) 747(15.4%) 585(15.1%) 587(15.1%)
Off Pump 752(11.7%) 787(16.3%) 0.13 606(15.6%) 563(14.5%) −0.03
Hospital BITA Volume 0.66 0.03
 1–20 2732(42.5%) 955(19.7%) 942(24.3%) 954(24.6%)
 21–40 1413(22.0%) 872(18.0%) 909(23.4%) 872(22.5%)
 41–60 782(12.2%) 519(10.7%) 532(13.7%) 518(13.3%)
 61–80 521(8.1%) 747(15.4%) 521(13.4%) 553(14.2%)
 80+ 980(15.2%) 1748(36.1%) 980(25.2%) 987(25.4%)