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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients underwent cardiac surgery

From: Decreased triiodothyronine (T3) as a predictor for prolonged mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients with cardiac surgery

Variable

Control group (n = 64)

Prolonged MV group (n = 54)

Total (n = 118)

P value

Male sex, n (%)

36 (56.2)

35 (64.8)

72 (61.0%)

0.344

Age, y

66 (54, 71)

66 (55, 72)

66 (54, 72)

0.906

BMI

23.9 (21.1, 26.9)

24.8 (21.0, 27.6)

24.1 (21.1, 27.6)

0.774

APACHE II score

15 (13, 18)

15 (12, 18)

15 (12, 18)

0.590

EuroSCORE

7 (5, 8)

6 (5, 8)

7 (5, 8)

0.930

Length of hospital stay, d

22 (17, 28)

27 (21, 37)

25 (19, 32)

0.002

Length of ICU stay, d

5 (4, 10)

12 (8, 19)

8 (5, 13)

< 0.001

Time of mechanical ventilation, d

3 (3, 4)

8 (5, 10)

4 (3, 7)

< 0.001

Mortality, n (%)

11 (17.2)

10 (18.5)

22 (18.6%)

0.851

Type of operation, n (%)

 Isolated valve surgery

16 (25.0)

15 (27.8)

31 (26.3)

0.733

 Isolated CABG

9 (14.1)

3 (5.6)

12 (10.2)

0.223

 Combined CABG and valve surgery

13 (20.3)

6 (11.1)

19 (16.1)

0.175

 Aortic surgery

22 (34.4)

28 (51.8)

50 (42.4)

0.056

 Other surgery

4 (6.2)

2 (3.7)

6 (5.1)

0.836

Co-morbidities, n (%)

 Coronary heart disease

28 (43.8)

15 (27.8)

42 (35.6)

0.072

 Hypertension

38 (59.4)

34 (63.0)

73 (61.9)

0.691

 Diabetes mellitus

14 (21.9)

9 (16.7)

23 (19.5)

0.477

 Arterial fibrillation

15 (23.4)

6 (11.1)

20 (16.9)

0.081

 Stroke

7 (10.9)

3 (5.6)

10 (8.5)

0.475

 Chronic kidney disease

4 (6.2)

0 (0)

4 (3.4)

0.025

LVEF, %

49 (40, 62)

57 (46, 61)

53 (40, 61)

0.240

Operation time, min

350 (275, 405)

375 (290, 446)

355 (280, 440)

0.179

  1. MV Mechanical ventilation, BMI Body mass index, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, ICU Intensive Care Unit, CABG Coronary artery bypass grafting, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction