Abbreviations, acronyms & symbols

AF CABG CI COPD CPB CVD DM HL IL NNE OR PACK2 PAOD ROC SD

= Atrial fibrillation = Coronary artery bypass grafting = Confidence interval = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease = Cardiopulmonary bypass = Cerebrovascular disease = Diabetes mellitus = Hosmer-Lemeshow chi-square goodness-of-fit test = Interleukin = Northern New England = Odds ratio = Priority, arteriopathy, cardiac, kidney = Peripheral arterial occlusive disease = Receiver operating characteristic = Standard deviation