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Table 7 Characteristics of improvers and non-improvers group

From: Health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery – the effects of age, preoperative conditions and postoperative complications

 

Improvers

Non-improvers

 
 

n = 218

n = 42

 

Variables

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

Ejection fraction (%)

61.0

11.4

61.2

11.5

0.93

Age

65.6

9.5

63.3

10.0

0.17

BMI

29.3

4.6

30.0

5.2

0.4

ICU stay time (days)

3.2

2.8

3.3

1.9

0.75

Hospital stay time (days)

9.1

5.4

11.5

8.8

0.09

Preoperative PCS

40.9

23.6

66.5

23.7

<0.001

Postoperative PCS

66.5

23.3

46.2

20.2

<0.001

Preoperative MCS

52.1

23.2

74.9

20.0

<0.001

Postoperative MCS

73.9

18.8

54.1

22.4

<0.001

  1. BMI – Body mass index, ICU – Intensive care unit, PCS – Physical component summary, MCS – Mental component summary.