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Table 1 Baseline Demographics of Patients

From: Feasibility of a novel, synthetic, self-assembling peptide for suture-line haemostasis in cardiac surgery

Variable

number (% of total)

mean

SD

Age

 

71.9

10.4

Gender

   

Male

30 (60%)

  

Female

20 (40%)

  

BMI (kg/m2)

 

28.7

4.8

Hypertension

28 (56%)

  

Diabetes

11 (22%)

  

Myocardial Infarction?

5 (10%)

  

Asthma/COPD

3 (6%)

  

Peripheral Vascular Disease

5 (10%)

  

Never smoked

36 (72%)

  

Left Ventricular Function

   

Good

45 (90%)

  

Moderate

4 (8%)

  

Poor

1 (2%)

  

Preoperative Blood Results

   

Haemoglobin

 

130.5

14.3

Platelets

 

240.2

71.6

INR

 

1.06

0.12

APTR

 

1.05

0.2

Fibrinogen

 

4.54

1.18

  1. Values are total number of patients, n (% of n), mean and standard deviation (SD). BMI, body mass index; MI, myocardial infarction; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; INR, international normalized ratio; APTR, activated partial thromboplastin time ratio