Table 3.
The correlations of plasmatic Aβ1-42 concentrations and changes with age, BMI, ejection fraction, prothrombin time, urea and creatinine values
| Spearman's correlation Rho (P value) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aβ1-42 before |
Aβ1-42 after |
Absolute difference | |
| All the patients | |||
| Age | 0.038 (0.78) | 0.087 (0.53) | − 0.113 (0.42) |
| BMI | 0.145 (0.30) | 0.186 (0.18) | 0.237 (0.09) |
| Urea | 0.135 (0.33) | 0.051 (0.72) | − 0.001 (0.99) |
| Creatinin | 0.249 (0.07) | 0.158 (0.25) | 0.111 (0.42) |
| Prothrombin time | 0.081 (0.56) | 0.008 (0.95) | 0.199 (0.15) |
| Ejection fraction | − 0.132 (0.34) | 0.126 (0.37) | 0.092 (0.51) |
| CABG | |||
| Age | − 0.056 (0.75) | 0.030 (0.87) | − 0.247 (0.16) |
| BMI | − 0.043 (0.81) | 0.064 (0.72) | 0.075 (0.67) |
| Urea | 0.064 (0.72) | − 0.102 (0.57) | − 0.114 (0.52) |
| Creatinin | 0.086 (0.63) | − 0.017 (0.93) | − 0.097 (0.59) |
| Prothrombin time | − 0.020 (0.91) | − 0.110 (0.53) | 0.149 (0.40) |
| Ejection fraction | − 0.166 (0.35) | 0.145 (0.41) | − 0.014 (0.94) |
| OPCAB | |||
| Age | 0.249 (0.29) | 0.401 (0.08) | 0.270 (0.25) |
| BMI | 0.459 (0.04) | 0.342 (0.14) | 0.449 (0.04) |
| Urea | 0.196 (0.41) | 0.254 (0.28) | 0.136 (0.57) |
| Creatinin | 0.409 (0.07) | 0.348 (0.13) | 0.410 (0.07) |
| Prothrombin time | 0.176 (0.46) | 0.116 (0.63) | 0.222 (0.35) |
| Ejection fraction | − 0.246 (0.30) | − 0.168 (0.48) | 0.062 (0.80) |
Bold typing was used for statistically significant results, meaning that P* was < 0.005
CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; OPCAB, off-pump coronary artery bypass; CI, reliability spectrum
*Mann Whitney U test
†Hodges-Lehmann