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Table 2 Clinical, surgical, and demographic characteristics of the dNCR and non-dNCR groups

From: The relationship between longer leukocyte telomeres and dNCR in non-cardiac surgery patients: a retrospective analysis

 

dNCR Group

(n = 40)

non- dNCR Group

(n = 156)

P value

Demographics

 Age, year

70.20 (7.74)

67.51 (5.74)

0.020*

 Female sex, n (%)

14 (35.00)

52 (33.33)

0.843

 Height, cm

164.75 (6.64)

165.29 (7.61)

0.563

 Weight, mean (SD), kg

66.51 (9.54)

66.44 (10.54)

0.703

 BMI, mean (SD), kg∙m−2

24.56 (3.55)

24.28 (3.34)

0.696

 Education, year

7.73 (3.84)

8.30 (3.90)

0.395

 Follow-up, day

7 (2)

7 (2)

0.220

 MMSE, score

25.63 (2.91)

26.45 (2.87)

0.081

 Hb, g/l

130.25 (15.64)

130.46 (17.49)

0.657

Previous history, n (%)

 Hypertension

17(42.50)

66 (42.31)

0.983

 Diabetes mellitus

7 (17.50)

18 (11.54)

0.315

 Coronary disease

2 (5.00)

23 (14.74)

0.100

 Stroke

6 (15.00)

15 (9.62)

0.327

 Smoking

6 (15.00)

33 (21.15)

0.386

 Alcohol drinking

3 (10.00)

19 (12.18)

0.404

Type of surgery, n (%)

  

0.788

 Urinary surgery

14 (35.00)

65 (41.67)

 

 Gastrointestinal Surgery

12 (30.00)

56 (35.90)

 

 Osteoarticular surgery

13 (32.50)

34 (21.79)

 

 Lung surgery

1 (2.50)

1 (0.64)

 

 Total fluid administration, ml

2220.00 (839.70)

2154.01 (565.00)

0.648

 Blood loss, ml

209.50 (389.06)

194.81 (186.26)

0.435

 Duration of anesthesia, min

211.63 (69.85)

197.92 (71.86)

0.283

 Duration of surgery, min

176.62 (67.38)

167.80 (67.55)

0.335

 LTLs

1.1446 (0.1992)

0.9286 (0.2725)

 < 0.001**

  1. The mean (SD) is shown for the continuous variables. Categorical variables are displayed as frequency (%). Two independent sample T-tests for normally distributed and Mann–Whitney tests for non-normally distributed variables were used to compare continuous variables. Fisher's exact test, Pearson chi-square, and continuity correction tests were used to compare proportions
  2. Abbreviations: dNCR  delayed neurocognitive recovery, BMI body mass index, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, LTL leukocyte telomere length
  3. *P < 0.05. **P < 0.001