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. 2021 Nov 11;11(11):e047221. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047221

Table 3.

Outcomes of propensity score matching

Before matched After matched
HR ≤80 (n=304) HR >80
(n=403)
P value HR ≤80
(n=266)
HR >80
(n=266)
P value
WBC, ×109 10.2±3.74 11.8±4.28 <0.001 10.6±3.76 11.1±4.15 0.238
Heart rate in ED 84.5±14.6 90.1±16.0 <0.001 85.8±14.5 86.7±14.5 0.281
Age 48.3±10.6 45.3±9.98 <0.001 47.1±10.4 46.7±9.97 0.699
BMI, kg/m2 25.0±3.85 26.1±4.05 <0.001 25.2±3.92 25.4±3.61 0.510
Chest pain 257 (84.5) 366 (90.8) 0.0175 233 (87.6) 240 (90.2) 0.392
Haemoglobin, g/L 130±18.9 133±19.6 0.0522 131±19.2 131±19.7 0.674
Renal insufficiency 11 (3.6) 24 (6.0) 0.169 10 (3.8) 11 (4.1) 0.990
CPB time 196±57.2 203±72.1 0.369 197±58.8 199±66.3 0.981
Preoperative SBP 138±26.3 137±27.3 0.941 138±26.9 135±26.8 0.385
EF <50% 16 (5.3) 16 (4.0) 0.488 14 (5.3) 12 (4.5) 0.850
Back pain 91 (29.9) 132 (32.8) 0.466 82 (30.8) 87 (32.7) 0.693
Time from onset of symptom to surgery, days 7.76±8.63 7.28±9.11 0.188 7.65±8.73 7.65±9.86 0.434
Concomitant surgery 125 (41.1) 176 (43.7) 0.538 108 (40.6) 118 (44.4) 0.417
Smoker 131 (43.1) 165 (40.9) 0.606 108 (40.6) 115 (43.2) 0.595
Abdominal pain 106 (34.9) 149 (37.0) 0.568 96 (36.1) 101 (38.0) 0.704
Stroke 16 (5.3) 18 (4.5) 0.715 11 (4.1) 11 (4.1) 1.000
Sex, male 235 (77.3) 317 (78.7) 0.713 207 (77.8) 212 (79.7) 0.680
Coronary heart disease 22 (7.2) 26 (6.5) 0.762 20 (7.5) 19 (7.1) 0.990
Diabetes mellitus 7 (2.3) 8 (2.0) 0.779 7 (2.6) 5 (1.9) 0.764
Hypertension 219 (72.0) 293 (72.7) 0.860 192 (72.2) 189 (71.1) 0.852
LVEDD, mm 51.7±7.44 51.6±7.32 0.947 51.4±7.36 51.7±7.62 0.903
Intraoperative blood loss (mL/kg) 13.0±9.42 12.8±9.67 0.369 12.9±9.73 13.6±10.9 0.787
Moderate or more PE 42 (13.8) 57 (14.1) 0.907 34 (12.8) 37 (13.9) 0.799
Moderate or more AI 112 (36.8) 148 (36.7) 0.999 94 (35.3) 96 (36.1) 0.925
30-day postoperative mortality 15 (4.9) 47 (11.7) <0.001 13 (4.9) 32 (12.0) 0.0025
Estimated long-term mortality 11.1% 19.7% <0.001 7.70% 21.1% <0.001

Data are means±SD or number (%).

AI, aortic regurgitation; BMI, body mass index; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; ED, emergency department; EF, ejection fraction; HR, heart rate; LVEDD, left ventricle end-diastolic dimension; PE, pericardial effusion; SBP, systolic blood pressure; WBC, white blood cell.