Table 3.
Postoperative course according to number of remaining teeth
| Variable | Number of teeth |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥ 20 | 10-19 | < 10 | ||
| Number | 470 | 137 | 185 | |
| Hospital mortality | 6 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (3.2) | 0.040 |
| Postoperative AF | 209 (44.5) | 58 (42.3) | 97 (52.4) | 0.488 |
| Sternal wound infection | 8 (1.7) | 2 (1.5) | 3 (1.6) | 0.780 |
| Delirium | 74 (15.7)∗,† | 31 (22.6)† | 52 (28.1) | 0.004 |
| Stroke | 25 (5.3) | 10 (7.3) | 17 (9.2) | 0.544 |
| Pneumonia | 8 (1.7)† | 6 (4.4) | 11 (5.9) | 0.015 |
| Tracheostomy | 4 (0.9) | 3 (2.2) | 7 (3.8) | 0.115 |
| Reintubation | 4 (0.9)† | 5 (3.6) | 11 (5.9) | 0.012 |
| Discharge status | < 0.001 | |||
| Home | 423 (90.0)∗,† | 110 (80.3)† | 125 (67.6) | |
| Transfer | 41 (8.7) | 27 (19.7) | 54 (29.2) | |
| ICU stay, d | 2.08 ± 1.54 | 2.55 ± 3.38 | 3.08 ± 5.23 | 0.078 |
| Gait independent, d | 4.48 ± 3.62∗,† | 6.94 ± 4.26 | 7.31 ± 4.89 | 0.002 |
| Barthel index, points | 96.24 ± 9.05∗,† | 93.27 ± 13.57 | 92.59 ± 13.29 | 0.042 |
| Hospital stay, d | 20.67 ± 11.43∗,† | 26.37 ± 11.07† | 28.27 ± 15.13 | 0.005 |
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).
AF, atrial fibrillation; ICU, intensive care unit.
∗
Significant difference compared with number of teeth 10-19.
†
Significant difference compared with number of teeth < 10.