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Table 1 Demographic data, preoperative risk factors

From: Effect of moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest on neurological outcomes in elderly patients undergoing replacement of the thoracic aorta

 

Total

Young group

702 (77.6%)

Elderly group

203 (22.4%)

p value

Mean age, years

66.7 ± 11.1

69.2 (61.0, 74.4)

63.2 ± 10.2

66.3 (57.5, 70.9)

78.7 ± 3.0

78.0 (76.3, 80.1)

< 0.001

Female gender, n

301 (33.3%)

221 (31.5%)

80 (39.4%)

0.035

Body mass index, kg/m2

26.5 (24.2, 29.4)

26.8 (24.2, 29.7)

25.4 (23.7, 27.8)

< 0.001

EuroSCORE II%

4.12 (2.38, 7.13)

11.6% (7.4, 19.9)

26.7% (18.1, 36.3)

< 0.001

Ejection fraction, %

64 (53, 70)

62 (51, 70)

65 (55, 70)

0.622

Aortic aneurysm, n

823 (90.9%)

647 (92.2%)

176 (86.7%)

0.017

Diameter of aneurysm, mm

52 (50, 57)

52 (50, 56)

52 (49, 59)

0.574

Aortic calcification, n

113 (12.5%)

55 (7.8%)

27 (13.3%)

0.017

Acute myocardial infarction, n

10 (1.1%)

8 (1.1%)

2 (1.0%)

1.000

Diabetes mellitus type II, n

108 (11.9%)

75 (10.7%)

33 (16.3%)

0.031

Peripheral vascular disease, n

108 (11.9%)

34 (4.8%)

17 (8.4%)

0.055

Arterial hypertension, n

687 (75.9%)

523 (74.5%)

164 (80.8%)

0.065

Atrial fibrillation, n

163 (18.0%)

115 (16.4%)

48 (23.6%)

0.018

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n

104 (11.5%)

74 (10.6%)

30 (14.8%)

0.097

Coronary heart disease, n

350 (38.8%)

249 (35.6%)

101 (49.8%)

< 0.001

Chronic renal failure, n

99 (11.0%)

64 (9.1%)

35 (17.2%)

0.001

Renal replacement therapy, n

10 (1.1%)

8 (1.1%)

2 (1.0%)

1.000