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Table 1 Pre-operative comobidities

From: Titanium plate fixation versus conventional approach in the treatment of deep sternal wound infection

 

Sternal plate group (n = 36)

Control group (n = 26)

P value

Male

63.9 %

65.4 %

0.90

Mean age (year)

65.0 ± 8.6

64.0 ± 13.4

0.71

HTN

83.3 %

92.3 %

0.30

Hyperlipidemia

66.7 %

73.1 %

0.59

DM

55.6 %

53.8 %

0.89

Smoking

50.0 %

38.5 %

0.37

COPD

30.6 %

26.9 %

0.76

Obesity BMI

52.8 %

46.2 %

0.61

Renal failure

30.6 %

11.5 %

0.08

LVEF

46.2 % ± 13.0 %

45.0 % ± 11.8 %

0.75

  1. Abbreviations: HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMI body mass index, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction