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Table 1 Baseline, clinical and operative parameters of patients

From: High dose statin prophylaxis in cardiopulmonary bypass related surgery: clinical utility

Preoperative variables

Control arm (n = 15)

Investigation arm (n = 15)

P-Value

Age, year

64 (+/−2.1)

67 (+/−2.8)

0.442 N/S

Gender

0.152

 Male

14 (93.3)

11 (73.3)

 Female

1 (6.7)

4 (26.7)

Myocardial infarction

0.299

 No

14 (93.3)

12 (80)

 Yes

1 (6.7)

3 (20)

Diabetes mellitus

0.032

 No

15 (100)

11 (73.3)

 Yes

0 (0)

4 (26.7)

EF (%)

0.566

 Good

9 (60)

11 (73.3)

 Fair

5 (35)

3 (20)

 Poor

1 (5)

1 (6.7)

Euroscore II, %

0.87 (+/− 0.35)

1.11 (+/− 0.18)

0.101 N/S

Procedure

0.863

 CABG

11 (73.3)

10 (66.7)

 Valve

0 (0)

1 (6.7)

 Combined

2 (13.3)

4 (26.7)

 Other

2 (13.3)

0 (0)

CPB time, mins

108 (+/−9.8)

117 (+/−7.1)

0.271 N/S

Aortic cross-clamp, mins

92 (+/−7.9)

97 (+/−6.9)

0.722 N/S

  1. CABG Coronary artery bypass grafting, CPB Cardiopulmonary bypass, EF Ejection fraction, N/S Not significant
  2. Values are expressed as median (+/− SEM) or as number and percentage. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant