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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (60 patients)

From: Determinants of distance walked during the six-minute walk test in patients undergoing cardiac surgery at hospital discharge

Variable

 

Age (years)

51 ± 13

Gender

 

Men/Women (%)

44.2 / 55.7

Surgery

 

CABG (%)

44.2

Replacement/ Valverepair (%)

55.7

BMI (Kg/m2)

24.8

ICU time (days)

3.5 ± 6

Time of hospital stay (days)

11.3 ± 6

Preoperative LV ejectionfraction (%)

60 ± 14

CPB time (min)

93 ± 27

FVC (Pre)

1.20 ± 0.4

FVC (Discharge)

1.63 ± 0.5

FVE1 (Pre)

2.02 ± 0.6

FVE1 (Discharge)

2.54 ± 0.8

NHP (Pre)

158.06 ± 99.01

NHP (Discharge)

160.70 ± 100

FIM (Pre)

123 ± 4

FIM (Discharge)

115 ± 10.8

DM (%)

20

  1. BMI: body mass index, CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass, ICU: intensive care unit, LV: left ventricle; FVC - Forced Vital Capacity; FVE1 - Forced expiratory volume in one second; DM: diabetes mellitus. Data expressed in percentage of occurrence is the prevalence in this sample.