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Table 1 Pre-intra-and postoperative characteristics among patients with and without SWI

From: Superficial and deep sternal wound infection after more than 9000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): incidence, risk factors and mortality

Variables

Group 1* (n = 9157)

Group 2** (n = 44)

P value

Age (mean ± SD)

58.5 ± 9.7

60.1 ± 8.7

0.173

BMI (mean ± SD)

27 ± 4

28.3 ± 4

0.032

Female %

25.5

52.3

< 0.001

Smoking %

39.5

34.1

0.467

Diabetes %

33.7

59.1

< 0.001

Hypercholesterolemia %

61

65.9

0.508

Hypertension %

49.7

90.9

< 0.001

PVD %

1.8

2.8

0.666

Length of preoperative hospital stay (days) (mean ± SD)

8.2 ± 4.9

9.4 ± 6.1

0.098

CCS (Functional class) (mean ± SD)

2.1 ± 0.8

2.6 ± 0.7

< 0.001

LVEF (mean ± SD)

49.1 ± 10.2

50.7 ± 11.2

0.260

Graft number (mean ± SD)

3.6 ± 0.9

3.6 ± 1

0.928

Cross clamp time (minute) (mean ± SD)

42.4 ± 41.5

45 ± 16.4

0.686

Perfusion time (minute) (mean ± SD)

70.1 ± 26

75.2 ± 23.5

0.207

Re-exploration for bleeding

1%

13.6%

< 0.001

Intubation time (hours) (mean ± SD)

8.9 ± 13.6

54.1 ± 172.1

< 0.001

  1. Body mass index, BMI; Peripheral vascular disease, PVD; Canadian Cardiovascular Society classification, CCS; left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEF
  2. * Without sternal wound infection
  3. ** With sternal wound infection