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Table 1

From: Corticosteroids reduce early troponin-T release after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in men

 

Group control

Group 2:

Group 3:

Group 4:

Group 5:

  

MPS 10 mg/kg

MPS 10 mg/kg

MPS 2 × 10 mg/kg

MPS 30 mg/kg

  

(h-4)

(IA)

(h-12 + IA)

(h-4)

Tropo-T (ng/ml)

0.07 ± 0.2

0.10 ± 0.06

0 ± 0

0.04 ± 0.04

0.07 ± 0.3

(t=0) mean ± SEM

     

Tropo-T (ng/ml)

6.2 ± 2.0

1.4 ± 0.5*

5.0 ± 1.5

5.8 ± 1.9

1.0 ± 0.2**

(t=1) mean ± SEM

     

Age (years)

60 ± 3

63 ± 2

62 ± 5

64 ± 2

64 ± 2

Weight (kg)

86 ± 4

79 ± 2

79 ± 3

80 ± 3

82 ± 3

CPB (min)

95.3 ± 6.1

95.0 ± 7.5

95.0 ± 7.5

110.3 ± 4.4

104.5 ± 7.6

Ao cl (min)

65.6 ± 6.3

59.3 ± 5.9

64.6 ± 5.7

84.3 ± 4.6

59.2 ± 4.8

No. of grafts (n)

3.0 ± 0.2

2.6 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.3

3.5 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 0.2