| Variable |
Overall study population (n=2,791) |
| Age (yrs), mean ±SD |
68 ± 9.1 |
| Euroscore |
6.9 ± 3.2 |
| Gender – Male (%) |
2169 (77.7%) |
| Gender – Female (%) |
622 (22.3%) |
| Ejection Fraction (%) |
54.1 ± 12.5 |
| Diabetes Mellitus (%) |
800 (28.7%) |
| Hypertension (%) |
2,223 (79.6%) |
| Preoperative creatinine (μmol/L) |
108.7 ± 70.8 (1.2 ± 0.8 mg/dl) |
| CHF (%) |
124 (4.4%) |
| Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) (%) |
186 (6.7%) |
| Chronic bronchodilator therapy (%) |
69 (2.5%) |
| Smoker (%) |
213 (7.6%) |
| Dialysis (%) |
35 (1.3%) |
| Emphysema (%) |
174 (6.2%) |
| Dyslipidemia (%) |
1788 (64.1%) |
| Preoperative IABP (%) |
204 (7.3%) |
| Left main disease>50% (%) |
801 (28.7%) |
| Previous MI (%) |
1228 (44%) |
| Re-do CABG (%) |
90 (3.2%) |
| Extracardiac arteriopathy (%) |
674 (24.1) |
| Body surface area (BSA) |
1.71 ± 0.7 |