Table 1 Preoperative characteristics of the study population.

From: Utility of heparin-binding protein following cardiothoracic surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass

Variable

All

(n = 1475)

HBP > 41

(n = 489)

HBP ≤ 41

(n = 986)

p

Missing

Age

68 (60–75)

69 (59–76)

68 (60–74)

0.170*

0

Female sex

362 (24.5)

131 (26.8)

231 (23.4)

0.158

0

BMI

27.40 (± 4.63)

27.17 (± 4.81)

27.51 (± 4.54)

0.187°

4

History of smoking

503 (40.1)

146 (35.7)

357 (42.2)

0.028

220

Hypertension

879 (59.8)

263 (53.9)

616 (62.7)

0.001

5

Previous cardiac surgery

132 (8.9)

72 (14.7)

60 (6.1)

 < 0.001

0

Previous stroke

102 (6.9)

36 (7.4)

66 (6.7)

0.634

0

Diabetes mellitus

369 (25.0)

104 (21.3)

265 (26.9)

0.019

0

COPD

127 (8.6)

49 (10.0)

78 (7.9)

0.174

0

Peripheral vascular disease

83 (5.6)

25 (5.1)

58 (5.9)

0.546

0

Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)

   

 < 0.001

 

 > 50

1005 (68.1)

300 (61.3)

705 (71.5)

 

0

 30–50

341 (23.1)

133 (27.2)

208 (21.1)

  

 < 30

129 (8.7)

56 (11.5)

73 (7.4)

  

NYHA class

   

 < 0.001

 

 I

416 (28.2)

109 (22.3)

307 (31.1)

 

0

 II

599 (40.6)

183 (37.4)

416 (42.2)

  

 III

350 (23.7)

134 (27.4)

216 (21.9)

  

 IV

110 (7.5)

63 (12.9)

47 (4.8)

  

PAP > 60 mmHg

64 (4.3)

39 (8.0)

25 (2.5)

 < 0.001

0

Preoperative creatinine concentration (µmol/L)

83 (72–97)

86 (73–107)

81 (71–93)

 < 0.001*

0

Endocarditis

63 (4.3)

35 (7.2)

28 (2.8)

 < 0.001

0

Acute surgery

124 (8.4)

72 (14.7)

52 (5.3)

 < 0.001

0

Preoperative critical state

70 (4.7)

41 (8.4)

29 (2.9)

 < 0.001

0

  1. NOTE. Values are expressed as numbers (%), mean (± standard deviation) or median (interquartile range).
  2. HBP, heparin binding protein; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NYHA, New York Heart Association; PAP, pulmonary artery pressure.
  3. Statistical tests: Chi-Square test, Mann Whitney U test (*) and Student´s t test (°).