Table 1 Patients’ demographics
From: Outcomes from cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s witness patients: experience over twenty-one years
Jehovah’s Witnesses (n = 31) | Control Group (n = 62) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 62 ± 15 | 62 ± 14 | 0.873 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.4 ± 4.3 | 26.2 ± 4.0 | 0.182 |
Women | 10 (32 %) | 20 (32 %) | 1.000 |
Number of operations per surgeon (1, 2, 3,4) | 13, 10, 4, 4 | 15, 27, 12, 8 | 0.344 |
Euroscore II | 2.80 ± 3.34 | 2.38 ± 2.20 | 0.469 |
Preoperative Cockcroft’s CC in mL/min | 84 ± 29 | 82 ± 27 | 0.776 |
Renal insufficiency (Cockcroft’s CC <85 mL/min) | 16 (52 %) | 34 (55 %) | 0.769 |
Diabetes | 8 (26 %) | 15 (24 %) | 0.865 |
Recent smoker | 3 (10 %) | 17 (27 %) | 0.062 |
Hypertension | 18 (58 %) | 30 (48 %) | 0.379 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 19 (61 %) | 36 (58 %) | 0.765 |
Positive family history | 10 (32 %) | 18 (29 %) | 0.749 |
Cerebrovascular accident | 4 (13 %) | 5 (9 %) | 0.457 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 8 (26 %) | 6 (10 %) | 0.040 |
Previous myocardial infarction | 6 (19 %) | 11 (18 %) | 0.850 |
Recent myocardial infarction (<90 days) | 3 (10 %) | 6 (10 %) | 1.000 |
COPD | 6 (19 %) | 6 (10 %) | 0.189 |
NYHA | 0.452 | ||
I | 6 (19 %) | 7 (11 %) | - |
II | 12 (39 %) | 21 (34 %) | - |
III | 10 (32 %) | 30 (48 %) | - |
IV | 3 (10 %) | 4 (6 %) | - |
Preoperative LVEF (%) | 62 ± 11 | 59 ± 14 | 0.340 |
Preoperative AF | 5 (16 %) | 9 (15 %) | 0.838 |
Reoperation | 3 (10 %) | 8 (13 %) | 0.650 |
Urgent status | 7 (23 %) | 6 (10 %) | 0.091 |