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Table 1 Preoperative demographic characteristics of patients with TA-AAD

From: Predictive value of preoperative platelet count and D-dimer levels for spinal cord injury following acute type a aortic dissection

Demographic characteristics

Normal group (n = 442)

SCI group (n = 39)

P

Demographic information

   

Age

46.9 ± 17.2

50.7 ± 17.9

0.084

Gender (male)

396 (89.5%)

29 (74.3%)

0.009

BMI

24.9 ± 3.2

26.7 ± 4.1

0.612

Onset to surgery time (h)

45[21,124]

42[19,140]

0.194

Medical history

   

Hypertension

407 (92.0%)

36 (92.3%)

0.795

Diabetes

11 (2.4%)

2 (5.1%)

0.645

Cerebrovascular disease

21 (4.7%)

3 (7.6%)

0.670

Smoking history

224 (50.6%)

23 (58.9%)

0.408

COPD

2 (0.4%)

0

> 0.999

Preoperative situation

   

Lactic acid (mmol/L)

1.9 ± 0.7

2.1 ± 0.9

0.091

PaO2/FiO2

265 ± 82

249 ± 76

0.163

D-dimer (µg/mL)

1.1[0.4,2.9]

2.7[0.8,3.4]

0.004

Leukocytes (10^9/L)

12.7 ± 2.4

11.6 ± 3.5

0.071

Hemoglobin (g/L)

134 ± 21

131 ± 25

0.647

Platelets (10^9/L)

179 ± 28

144 ± 21

< 0.001

Blood creatinine (µmol/L)

87.5 ± 29.4

90.6 ± 30.4

0.117

Troponin I

0.02[0.00,0.06]

0.02[0.00,0.08]

0.911

Aortic root diameter (mm)

42.1 ± 8.4

42.9 ± 10.2

0.379

Ascending aorta diameter (mm)

45.8 ± 7.6

46.7 ± 8.1

0.317

Aortic arch (mm)

39.7 ± 6.5

40.1 ± 7.3

0.254

Proximal descending aorta (mm)

29.7 ± 4.8

31.4 ± 5.7

0.089

Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)

62.5 ± 6.4

63.8 ± 5.8

0.453

Adamkiewicz artery involvement

89 (20.1%)

16 (41.0%)

0.004

Intercostal arteries originating from the false lumen

299 (67.6%)

22 (70.9%)

0.153

Number of involved intercostal vessels

3 [0,6]

4 [0,7]

0.847

  1. Note: TA-AAD, type A acute aortic dissection; SCI, spinal cord injury; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;