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Table 2 Short-term Outcomes 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

P

Normal fibrinogen group

High fibrinogen group

P

N

344

289

 

222

222

 

LOS

11.00 (9.00–14.00)

13.00 (10.00–16.00)

< 0.001

12.00 (9.00–15.00)

13.00 (10.00–16.00)

0.028

Extraction time

1.00 (1.00–2.00)

1.00 (1.00–2.00)

0.152

1.00 (1.00–2.00)

1.00 (1.00–2.00)

0.442

leg wound infections

6 (1.7%)

5 (1.7%)

1.000

3 (1.4%)

2 (0.9%)

1.000

Chest infections

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.3%)

1.000

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.5%)

1.000

Postoperative UTI

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

1.000

1 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

1.000

TIA

0 (0%)

2 (0.7%)

1.000

0 (0%)

1 (0.5%)

1.000

Pneumonia

10 (2.9%)

5 (1.7%)

0.437

6 (2.7%)

3 (1.4%)

0.503

Renal impairment

70 (20.3%)

86 (29.8%)

0.006

42 (18.9%)

72 (32.4%)

0.014

Postoperative RBC transfusion

160 (46.5%)

148 (51.2%)

0.272

106 (47.7%)

118 (53.2%)

0.296

Postoperative 24 h bleeding volume

597.50 (473.75–820.00)

555.00 (440.00-720.00)

0.002

577.50 (461.25–807.50)

567.50 (466.25–750.00)

0.369

  1. LOS: length of stay; UTI: urinary tract infection; TIA: transient ischemic attacks; RBC: red blood cell