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Table 1 Comparison of preoperative variables

From: Risk factors for 30-day mortality in patients who received DeBakey type I aortic dissection repair surgery

Variables

Total

(n = 830)

Survivors

(n = 733)

Non-survivors

(n = 97)

P valuea

Demographic data

    

Age (year)

51.5 ± 12.6

51.8 ± 12.4

58.5 ± 12.7

 < 0.001

Male (%)

619 (74.8)

555 (75.7)

65 (68.1)

0.108

BMI (kg/m2)

25.8 ± 4.8

25.9 ± 4.8

25.2 ± 4.1

0.150

Medical history

    

Hypertension (%)

608 (73.3)

535 (73.0)

73 (75.3)

0.635

Diabetes mellitus (%)

18 (2.2)

17 (2.3)

1 (1.0)

0.711

Previous cardiac surgery (%)

36 (4.3)

32 (4.4)

4 (4.1)

1.000

Previous cardiovascular disease (%)

28 (3.4)

17 (2.3)

11 (11.3)

 < 0.001

Cerebrovascular disease (%)

30 (3.6)

25 (3.4)

5 (5.2)

0.382

Pericardial effusion (%)

135 (16.3)

120 (16.4)

15 (15.5)

0.820

Preoperative laboratory data

    

WBC (109/L)

11.1 (8.6, 14.1)

11.0 (8.6, 13.9)

11.9 (8.0, 15.5)

0.160

sCr (μmol/L)

81.0 (61.8, 113.0)

80.0 (61.0, 108.2)

92.9 (65.3, 155.2)

0.006

PLT (109/L)

152.1 ± 89.7

153.4 ± 91.1

142.7 ± 78.5

0.150

ALB (g/L)

36.7 ± 4.9

37.0 ± 4.7

34.4 ± 6.1

 < 0.001

Fibrinogen (g/L)

2.5 ± 1.4

2.6 ± 1.4

2.2 ± 1.3

0.010

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.1 (0.7, 1.5)

1.1 (0.7, 1.6)

1.0 (0.6, 1.5)

0.334

CRP (mg/dl)

22.7 (5.0, 82.8)

23.3 (4.9, 82.4)

22.3 (5.2, 90.5)

0.626

D-dimer (ng/mL)

4.7 (2.5, 9.5)

4.5 (2.3, 9.1)

6.6 (4.0, 17.0)

0.001

INR

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

1.2 (1.1, 1.3)

 < 0.001

  1. Data presented as n (%), median (IQR), or mean ± standard deviation
  2. BMI, body mass index; WBC, white blood cell; SCr, serum creatinine; PLT, platelet; ALB, albumin; CRP, c-reactive protein; INR, international normalized ratio
  3. Bold values indicate significance at P < 0.05
  4. aP values indicate differences between survivors and deceased patients