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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of subjects in the original and matched cohorts

From: Fibrinogen is an independent preoperative predictor of hospital length of stay among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Covariates

Original cohort

 

Matched cohort

 

Normal fibrinogen group

High fibrinogen group

SMD

Normal fibrinogen group

High fibrinogen group

SMD

N

344

289

 

222

222

 

Age (years)

64.63 ± 8.84

64.70 ± 9.09

0.008

64.64 ± 9.40

65.22 ± 8.87

0.064

Men (%)

271 (78.8)

212 (73.4)

0.127

167 (75.2)

167 (75.2)

< 0.001

Smoking (%)

120 (34.9)

107 (37.0)

0.045

82 (36.9)

78 (35.1)

0.038

Family history of CHD (%)

7 ( 2.0)

8 ( 2.8)

0.048

6 ( 2.7)

5 ( 2.3)

0.029

Hypertension (%)

225 (65.4)

189 (65.4)

< 0.001

143 (64.4)

142 (64.0)

0.009

Hyperlipidemia (%)

93 (27.0)

84 (29.1)

0.045

66 (29.7)

60 (27.0)

0.06

Diabetes (%)

100 (29.1)

92 (31.8)

0.06

59 (26.6)

68 (30.6)

0.09

Unstable angina (%)

68 (19.8)

81 (28.0)

0.195

58 (26.1)

62 (27.9)

0.041

Surgery history (%)

137 (39.8)

107 (37.0)

0.058

85 (38.3)

87 (39.2)

0.018

LVEF (%)

0.60 ± 0.11

0.59 ± 0.12

0.101

0.59 ± 0.12

0.59 ± 0.12

0.045

BMI (kg /m2)

24.23 ± 3.07

24.25 ± 3.35

0.005

24.25 ± 3.06

24.16 ± 3.27

0.03

HGB (g/L)

132.51 ± 16.44

126.32 ± 19.57

0.342

130.32 ± 16.44

129.14 ± 16.24

0.072

WBC (×109 /L)

6.10 (5.00-7.30)

6.70 (5.70-8.00)

0.33

6.50 (5.33–7.90)

6.40 (5.50–7.50)

0.02

Neutrophil count (×109 /L)

3.60 (2.80–4.70)

4.30 (3.40–5.30)

0.361

3.95 (3.00–5.00)

4.00 (3.20-5.00)

0.054

Lymphocyte count (×109 /L)

1.60 (1.20–2.10)

1.60 (1.20-2.00)

0.052

1.70 (1.23–2.10)

1.60 (1.20-2.00)

0.082

Monocytes count (×109 /L)

0.50 (0.40–0.60)

0.60 (0.40–0.70)

0.378

0.50 (0.40–0.60)

0.50 (0.40–0.70)

0.024

PLT count (×109 /L)

184.00 (158.75–224.00)

200.00 (165.00-236.00)

0.174

188.00 (163.00-235.50)

193.50 (164.00-234.00)

0.023

PCT (%)

0.17 (0.15–0.20)

0.18 (0.15–0.21)

0.124

0.18 (0.15–0.20)

0.18 (0.15–0.21)

0.044

PT (sec)

11.56 ± 0.93

11.55 ± 1.35

0.007

11.53 ± 0.91

11.53 ± 1.29

0.007

APTT (sec)

32.23 ± 4.12

33.08 ± 7.49

0.14

32.41 ± 4.42

32.68 ± 5.13

0.056

CPB (%)

50 (14.5)

42 (14.5)

< 0.001

29 (13.3)

29 (13.3)

< 0.001

Surgery time (h)

290.00 (255.00-330.00)

299.00 (265.00-340.00)

0.168

295.00 (257.25-332.75)

298.50 (261.25-340.75)

0.056

Number of anastomoses

3.01 ± 0.81

3.13 ± 0.84

0.152

3.11 ± 0.75

3.10 ± 0.90

0.005

Arterial grafts

263 (76.5)

205 (70.9)

0.126

160 (72.1)

158 (71.2)

0.02

LMWH(%)

324 (94.2)

280 (96.9)

0.131

215 (96.8)

214 (96.4)

0.025

Aspirin (%)

213 (61.9)

181 (62.6)

0.015

137 (61.7)

137 (61.7)

< 0.001

Clopidogrel (%)

165 (48.0)

145 (50.2)

0.044

114 (51.4)

110 (49.5)

0.036

ACEI (%)

153 (44.5)

143 (49.5)

0.1

102 (45.9)

100 (45.0)

0.018

β-blocker (%)

214 (62.2)

218 (75.4)

0.288

164 (73.9)

157 (70.7)

0.071

  1. CHD: coronary heart disease, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, BMI: body mass index, HGB: hemoglobin, WBC: white blood cell, PLT: platelet, PCT: plateletcrit, PT: prothrombin time, APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time, CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass, LMWH: low molecular weight heparin, ACEI: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors