Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population.

From: Comparison of pre- and postoperative myocardial injuries on mortality after non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis using an inverse probability weighting adjustment

 

Entire population

Normal (N = 3182)

Preoperative myocardial injury (N = 694)

Postoperative myocardial injury (N = 756)

p value

SMD

IPW

p value

SMD

Demographic variables

Male sex

2852 (61.6)

1957 (61.5)

411 (59.2)

484 (64)

0.17

6.6

0.27

7.6

Age, years

65.6 (± 13.9)

65.1 (± 12.8)

66.7 (± 14.1)

66.6 (± 13.2)

 

8.1

0.08

6.4

BMI

23.6 (± 3.83)

23.9 (± 3.8)

22.8 (± 3.9)

23.3 (± 4.0)

 

19.5

0.51

4

Previous history

Hypertension

2464 (53.2)

1665 (52.4)

368 (53.0)

430 (56.9)

0.08

6.1

0.62

4

Diabetes

1314 (28.4)

836 (26.3)

246 (35.4)

232 (30.7)

 < 0.001

13.3

0.76

2.5

Current smoking

572 (12.4)

410 (12.9)

76 (11.0)

86 (11.4)

0.25

4

0.94

1.2

Previous myocardial infarction

279 (6.0)

156 (4.9)

78 (11.2)

45 (6.0)

 < 0.001

 

0.78

2.3

Coronary revascularization

714 (15.4)

417 (13.1)

144 (20.7)

153 (20.2)

 < 0.001

13.7

0.36

4.3

Heart failure

137 (3.0)

53 (1.7)

59 (8.5)

25 (3.3)

 < 0.001

21.4

0.06

7.7

Arrhythmia

486 (10.5)

285 (9.0)

112 (16.1)

89 (11.8)

 < 0.001

14.6

0.33

4.1

Valve disease

139 (3.0)

77 (2.4)

27 (3.9)

35 (4.6)

0.002

8

0.55

3.1

Stroke

666 (14.4)

410 (12.9)

127 (18.3)

129 (17.1)

 < 0.001

10

0.81

1.8

Chronic kidney disease

478 (10.3)

185 (5.8)

164 (23.6)

129 (17.1)

 < 0.001

34.7

0.34

4.7

Aortic disease

289 (6.2)

167 (5.2)

38 (5.5)

84 (11.1)

 < 0.001

14.4

0.5

3.7

PAD

434 (9.4)

294 (9.2)

75 (10.8)

65 (8.6)

0.32

5

0.46

5.7

PTE/DVT

91 (2.0)

64 (2.0)

21 (3.0)

6 (0.8)

0.01

11.1

0.99

0.1

Cancer

1017 (22.0)

696 (21.9)

163 (23.5)

158 (20.9)

0.48

4.2

0.29

6.8

Chronic lung disease

597 (12.9)

380 (11.9)

119 (17.1)

98 (13)

0.001

9.9

0.26

6.2

Infectious disease

2170 (46.9)

1286 (40.4)

521 (75.1)

363 (48.0)

 < 0.001

49.4

0.45

4.9

Preoperative medication

Beta blocker

897 (19.4)

563 (17.7)

147 (21.2)

187 (24.7)

 < 0.001

11.5

0.42

4.7

RAAS inhibitor

1281 (27.7)

891 (28.0)

180 (25.9)

210 (27.8)

0.54

3.1

0.52

5.4

Statin

1214 (26.2)

853 (26.8)

143 (20.6)

218 (28.8)

0.001

12.8

0.82

2.3

Antiplatelet

1469 (31.7)

975 (30.6)

222 (32.0)

272 (36.0)

0.02

7.6

0.84

1.5

Preoperative blood test

Hemoglobin

11.9 (± 2.2)

12.2 (± 2.1)

10.7 (± 2.1)

11.6 (± 2.2)

 

46.6

0.67

3.4

Creatinine

1.27 (± 1.59)

1.03 (± 1.19)

2.05 (± 2.46)

1.53 (± 1.79)

 

36.7

0.6

2.8

AST

41.1 (± 144.5)

30 (± 56)

87 (± 291)

44 (± 187)

 

18

0.18

4.5

ALT

35.9 (± 122.4)

3 (± 50)

62 (± 200)

39 (± 209)

 

13.1

0.14

6.2

Operative variables

ESC/ESA Risk

    

 < 0.001

32

0.72

6.5

High

733 (15.8)

460 (14.5)

74 (10.7)

199 (26.3)

    

Intermediate

3409 (73.6)

2396 (75.3)

510 (73.5)

503 (66.5)

    

Low

490 (10.6)

326 (10.2)

110 (15.9)

54 (7.1)

    

Operative duration, hours

3.26 (± 2.61)

3.12 (± 2.25)

2.94 (± 2.99)

4.15 (± 3.38)

 

26.9

0.96

0.8

General anesthesia

4197 (90.6)

2892 (90.9)

620 (89.3)

685 (90.6)

0.45

3.5

0.15

8.2

Emergent operation

1190 (25.7)

650 (20.4)

314 (45.2)

226 (29.9)

 < 0.001

36.3

0.25

5.2

Inotropic use

1315 (28.4)

637 (20.0)

281 (40.5)

397 (52.5)

 < 0.001

47.3

0.63

3.3

Colloid use

2324 (50.2)

1488 (46.8)

360 (51.9)

476 (63.0)

 < 0.001

21.9

0.43

4.8

RBC transfusion, pints

0.78 (± 2.1)

0.7 (± 0.6)

0.9 (± 1.0)

1.0 (± 1.0)

 

24.2

0.97

0.8

  1. Values are n (%) or mean (± SD).
  2. SMD standardized mean difference, BMI body mass index, PAOD peripheral artery disease, PTE/DVT pulmonary thromboembolism/deep vein thrombosis, RAAS renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase.