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Table 2 Comparison of baseline characteristics

From: Outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery using modified del Nido cardioplegia in patients with poor ventricular function

Baseline characteristics

Conventional group (n = 181)

Mod Del Nido group (n = 91)

p value

Age (years ± SD)

64.2 ± 10.7

63.6 ± 11

0.972

Gender (%)

 Male

82.4

75.8

0.197

 Female

17.6

24.2

 

Weight (kg ± SD)

84.3 ± 18.1

81.1 ± 17.25

0.935

BMI ± SD

28.5 ± 5.3

27.94 ± 5.4

0.947

Preop EF (mean % ± SD)

32.5 ± 7.4

33.4 ± 7.29

0.939

Ethnicity (#, %)

 White

86 (47.5)

38 (41.8)

0.291

 Hispanic

73 (40.3)

31 (34.1)

 

 Asian

12 (6.6)

15 (16.5)

 

 Black

5 (2.8)

2 (2.2)

 

 Other/unknown

5 (2.8)

5 (5.5)

 

Comorbidities (#, %)

 Hypertension

165 (91.2)

76 (83.5)

0.061

 Diabetes

125 (69.1)

53 (58.2)

0.077

 COPD

23 (12.7)

6 (6.6)

0.123

 ESRF

30 (16.5)

8 (8.8)

0.081

 Prior stroke

15 (8.3)

6 (6.6)

0.621

 Prior cardiac surgery

3 (1.7)

1 (1.1)

0.710

 Cardiogenic shock (or IABP)

15 (8.29)

11 (12.1)

0.314

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, preop EF preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ESRF end-stage renal failure, IABP intra-aortic balloon pump