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Table 3 Comparison of characteristics among patients with/without AG data

From: Association between delta anion gap and hospital mortality for patients in cardiothoracic surgery recovery unit: a retrospective cohort study

Variables

Patients with AG (N = 2860)

Patients without AG (N = 4034)

p value

Age (y)

67.9 ± 12.1

67.8 ± 12.0

0.734

Male, n (%)

1934 (67.6)

2694 (66.8)

0.464

White, n (%)

2261 (79.1)

3184 (78.9)

0.899

Body mass index, Kg/m2

28.8 ± 6.0

28.7 ± 5.7

0.483

SOFA

5 (3–7)

5 (3–6)

0.128

SAPSII

36.9 ± 12.5

36.4 ± 11.7

0.089

SIRS

3 (2–4)

3 (2–4)

0.532

Operation types, n (%)

 CABG

1283 (44.9)

1816 (43.8)

0.302

 Valve replacement or valvoplasty

621 (21.8)

958 (23.1)

 Resection of vessls

232 (8.1)

369 (8.9)

 Others

724 (25.2)

1004 (24.2)

Postoperative complications, n (%)

 AKF

392 (13.7)

544 (13.5)

0.792

 Acidosis

150 (5.2)

206 (5.1)

0.798

Arrhythmia

1188 (41.5)

1692 (41.9)

0.737

Acute respiratory failure

156 (5.5)

230 (5.7)

0.660

Pneumonia

28 (1.0)

48 (1.2)

0.409

Pulmonary embolism

20 (0.7)

36 (0.9)

0.379

Hospital mortality

19 (0.7)

35 (0.9)

0.295

ICU LOS, median (IQR), day

2.1 (1.3–3.4)

2.3 (1.3–3.6)

0.122

Hospital LOS, median (IQR), day

7.6 (5.8–11.3)

7.9 (5.9–11.5)

0.145

  1. SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, SAPSII simplified acute physiology score II, SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, AKF acute kidney failure, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, IQR interquartile ranges