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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of demographic variables

From: The effect of calcium gluconate administration during cardiopulmonary bypass on hemodynamic variables in infants undergoing open-heart surgery

 

Group

N

Mean

SD

SE mean

p value

Continuous variables

Age (month)

Calcium infusion

26

11.01

10.10

1.98

0.028*

 

Control

26

17.38

10.22

2.00

 

Weight (kg)

Calcium infusion

26

6.63

2.61

.51

0.039*

 

Control

26

8.01

2.04

.40

 

Height (cm)

Calcium infusion

26

68.3

12.54

2.46

0.108

 

Control

26

73.8

11.88

2.33

 

Body surface area (m2)

Calcium infusion

26

.352

.10

.019

0.048*

 

Control

26

.404

.08

.016

 

Duration of aortic cross-clamp (min)

Calcium infusion

26

55.73

6.37

3.23

0.105

 

Control

26

54.11

5.71

2.7

 

Bypass time (min)

Calcium infusion

26

145.8

10.92

4.09

0.113

 

Control

26

146.96

10.01

3.85

 

RBC transfusion (mL/kg)

Calcium infusion

26

8.19

2

0.52

0.072

 

Control

26

8

1.89

0.42

 

Chi-square tests

Statistics

p value

Categorical variables

  

Blood group (A, B, AB, O)

.589

.951

RH (positive, negative)

.991

.350

Diagnosis (cyanotic, non-cyanotic)

.391

.755

Gender (male, female)

.392

.531

  1. *p-value < 0.05