| |
Transfusion- Refusing Population |
Transfusion- Accepting Population |
p Value at ANOVA |
| No. of patients |
202 |
4700 |
|
| Family history of cardiovascular disease |
53.6% |
48.1% |
0.25 |
| Obesity |
26.6% |
24.9% |
0.31 |
| Diabetes |
42.6% |
38.5% |
0.12 |
| Hypercholesterolemia |
54.3% |
51.7% |
0.47 |
| Smoking habit |
37.1% |
41.1% |
0.33 |
| Hypertension |
72.8% |
74.7% |
0.37 |
| Logistic EUROScore |
8.1±7.27 |
9.2±9.7 |
0.25 |
| Age |
68,7±9.2 |
66.4±9.8 |
0.12 |
| Gender |
71% Male |
70% Male |
0.37 |
| Chronic pulmonary obstructive disease |
26.1% |
27.5% |
0.15 |
| Presence of extracardiac arteriopathy |
22.1% |
23.8% |
0.22 |
| Neurological dysfunction disease |
3.4% |
4.1% |
0.31 |
| Previous cardiac surgery |
4.9% |
5.4% |
0.24 |
| Serum creatinine |
1.24±0.9 |
1.33±0.4 |
0.23 |
| Severe renal impairment |
3.2% |
3.9% |
0.17 |
| Presence of active endocarditis |
2.1% |
2.6% |
0.25 |
| Critical preoperative state |
2.2% |
2.4% |
0.16 |
| Unstable angina |
19.1% |
21.6% |
0.09 |
| Ejection fraction |
48.5±9.2 |
52.7±8.3 |
0.09 |
| Recent myocardial infarct |
12.7% |
13.6% |
0.21 |
| Pulmonary hypertension |
5.9% |
6.3% |
0.17 |
| Postinfarct septal rupture |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.16 |
| Height |
163±7. |
165±9 |
0.24 |
| Weight |
74±15 |
76±12 |
0.31 |
| Baseline haemoglobin g/dl |
13.5±1.4 |
12.8±1.2 |
0.16 |
