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Table 3 Characteristics of isolated CABG patients in the physical recovery group and non-recovery group

From: Determinants of non-recovery in physical health-related quality of life one year after cardiac surgery: a prospective single Centre observational study

 

All (n = 555)

R (n = 426)

NR (n = 129)

p-value

Demographics

 Baseline SF 36 physical domain score

60 [46–73]

56 [44–69]

73 [57–88]

< 0.001a

 Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

27.1 [24.8–29.4]

27.0 [24.8–29.6]

27.2 [24.8–29.1]

0.728

Comorbidities

 CVA (%)

0.7

0.9

0.0

0.270

 Neurologic dysfunction (%)

1.1

1.2

0.8

0.702

Cardiac status

 Unstable AP (%)

4.9

4.5

6.2

0.421

EuroSCORE II

1.37 [0.98–2.12]

1.3 [0.9–2.0]

1.7 [1.1–2.5]

0.021a

Age (years)

68.4 [61.8–74.0]

67.9 [61.7–73.7]

69.5 [62.2–74.4]

0.204

Gender Male (%)

83.6

85.9

76.0

0.003a

Serum Creatinine (umol/l)

84 [24.8–29.4]

84 [75–95]

82 [72–95]

0.762

Extracardiac arteriopathy (%)

8.1

7.5

10.1

0.350

Poor mobility (%)

1.1

1.2

0.8

0.702

Previous cardiac surgery (%)

1.3

1.4

0.8

0.573

Chronic lung disease (%)

10.6

10.6

10.9

0.926

Active endocarditis (%)

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.000

Critical preoperative state (%)

0.5

0.2

1.6

0.074

Diabetes (%)

20.2

18.8

24.8

0.135

NYHA Class III or IV (%)

57.1

55.9

61.3

0.281

Angina CCS Class IV (%)

2.3

2.8

0.8

0.180

LVEF (%)

   

0.116

  Good

78.9

81.0

72.1

 

  Moderate

17.5

15.7

23.3

 

  Poor

2.7

2.6

3.1

 

  Missing

0.9

0.7

1.6

 

Recent MI (%)

29.2

26.5

38.0

0.012a

Pulmonary hypertension (%)

1.6

1.6

1.6

0.942

Urgency (%)

   

0.268

  Elective

39.1

40.8

33.3

 

  Urgent

59.3

58.0

63.6

 

  Emergency

1.6

1.2

3.1

 

Weight of intervention (%)

  Isolated CABG

99.3

99.5

98.4

0.452

  Single Non CABG

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

  2 Procedures

0.5

0.2

1.6

 

  3 Procedures

0.2

0.2

0.0

 

Surgery on thoracic aorta (%)

0.2

0.0

0.8

0.069

Intraoperative characteristics

 Aortic cross-clamp (min)

51.0 [37.0–70.0]

51 [37–70.3]]

52 [37–70.5]

0.479

 ECC (min)

80.0 [56.0–103.0]

80 [55–103]

81 [58.5–105.5]

0.343

Postoperative characteristics

 Infection (%)

5.0

3.5

10.1

0.007a

 First detubation (hour)

3.0 [2.5–4.4]

3.0 [2.5–4.3]

3.1 [2.5–4.9]

0.412

 Re-sternotomy < 30 d (%)

3.8

4.0

3.1

0.750

 ICU days (n)

1.0 [1.0–1.0]

1.0 [1.0–1.0]

1.0 [1.0–1.0]

0.666

 ICU stay extended (%)

2.9

3.1

2.3

0.666

 CVA (%)

0.2

0

0.8

0.180

 Readmission ICU (%)

0.5

0.5

1.6

0.889

 Readmission < 30 days after discharge (%)

1.1

0.5

3.1

0.042a

 MI (incl. perioperative) (%)

3.6

3.8

3.1

0.739

 MI (excl. perioperative) (%)

0.9

0.7

1.6

0.699

 PCI < 1 yr (%)

2.9

1.4

7.8

0.001a

  1. Abbreviations: R recovery group, NR non-recovery group, CVA cerebral vascular accident, AP angina pectoris, EuroSCORE European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation, NYHA New York Heart Association, CCS Class 4 Angina Inability to perform any activity without angina or angina at rest, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, MI Myocardial infarction, CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, ECC Extracorporeal circulation, ICU intensive care unit, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention
  2. aIndicates a significant difference across groups. Data are presented as median [interquartile range] unless stated otherwise