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Table 1 Baseline and preoperative characteristics

From: Impact of patients´ age on short and long-term outcome after carotid endarterectomy and simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting

Variable

Total number N = 186

Age < 70 years N = 89

Age ≥ 70 years N = 97

p-value

Age (years)

70.0 ± 7.8

63.2 ± 4.8

76.1 ± 3.9

< 0.001

70.0 (64.8;76.3)

64.0 (60.0;67.0)

76.0 (73.0;79.0)

Female gender, (%)

40 (21.5)

21 (23.6)

19 (19.6)

0.506

BMI (kg/m2)

27.7 ± 4.8

27.6 ± 4.4

27.8 ± 5.2

0.833

Logistic EuroScore ll (%)

3.4 (2.3;6.2)

2.5 (1.8;4.5)

4.4 (3.1;7.2)

< 0.001

STS-Score (%)

1.0 (0.6;1.8)

0.7 (0.5;0.9)

1.6 (1.0;2.5)

< 0.001

COPD, n (%)

23 (12.4)

12 (13.5)

11 (11.3)

0.657

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.07 (0.84;1.21)

0.9 (0.8;1.1)

1.1 (0.9;1.3)

0.003

Dialysis, n (%)

3 (1.6)

1 (1.1)

2 (2.1)

0.622

Diabetes mellitus, (%)

61 (32.8)

31 (34.8)

30 (30.9)

0.571

IDDM, n (%)

25 (13.4)

13 (14.6)

12 (12.4)

0.655

Hyperlipidemia, (%)

137 (73.7)

67 (75.3)

70 (72.2)

0.630

Arterial hypertension, (%)

159 (85.5)

73 (82.0)

86 (88.7)

0.199

Pulmonary hypertension

12 (6.5)

4 (4.5)

8 (8.2)

0.298

PAVK, n (%)

54 (29.0)

28 (31.5)

26 (26.8)

0.485

Carotid stenosis, right side, (%)

 1 = < 50%

57 (30.6)

26 (29.2)

31 (32.0)

0.523

 2 = 50–69%

13 (7.0)

8 (9.0)

5 (5.2)

 3 = 70–89%

63 (33.9)

27 (30.3)

36 (37.1)

 4= > 90%

53 (28.5)

28 (31.5)

25 (25.8)

Carotid stenosis, left side, n (%)

 1 = < 50%

55 (29.6)

25 (28.1)

30 (30.9)

0.993

 2 = 50–69%

16 (8.6)

8 (9.0)

8 (8.2)

 3 = 70–89%

71 (38.2)

34 (38.2)

37 (38.1)

 4 = > 90%

44 (23.7)

22 (24.7)

22 (22.7)

Symptomatic carotid stenosis, n (%)

48 (25.8)

26 (29.2)

22 (22.7)

0.309

Neurological diseases, n (%)

10 (5.4)

7 (7.9)

3 (3.1)

0.198

Cerebral ischemia, n (%)

 TIA

6 (3.2)

4 (4.5)

2 (2.1)

 PRIND

1 (0.5)

0

1 (1.0)

 Apoplexy

30 (16.1)

18 (20.2)

12 (12.4)

Classification, n (%)

 One-vessel disease

7 (3.8)

5 (5.6)

2 (2.1)

 Two-vessel disease

21 (11.3)

8 (9.0)

13 (13.4)

 Three-vessel disease

158 (84.9)

76 (85.4)

82 (84.5)

Angina pectoris, n (%)

124 (66.7)

60 (67.4)

64 (66.0)

0.836

EF (%)

55.0 ± 16.3

56.8 ± 16.3

53.4 ± 16.2

0.264

Rhythm

 Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

25 (13.4)

3 (3.4)

22 (22.7)

 Pacemaker, n (%)

4 (2.2)

1 (1.1)

3 (3.1)

Acute myocardial infarction, n (%)

41 (22.2)

16 (18.0)

25 (26.0)

0.187

Previous heart surgery

9 (4.8)

6 (6.7)

3 (3.1)

0.315

Previous PCI, n (%)

35 (18.8)

18 (20.2%)

17 (17.5%)

0.638

CPR, n (%)

1 (0.5)

1 (1.1)

0

0.478

  1. BMI body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EF ejection fraction, IDDM insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, PAVK peripheral artery occlusive disease, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, PRIND persistent reversible ischemic neurologic deficit, STS score society of thoracic surgeons score, TIA transient ischemia attack
  2. The significant p-value are marked in bold