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Table 1 Basic patient characteristics

From: Hematocrit of 20% versus 25% during normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass for elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery

 

Hematocrit 25%

Hematocrit 20%

 
 

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

P

Age (years)

60

56–67

64

58–71

0.28

Gender (male/female)

25/2

 

22/0

 

0.50

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.1

26.1–32.6

28.6

25.2–29.4

0.36

Preoperative hematocrit (%)

41.8

40.2–43.0

41.9

39.4–43.4

0.92

Duration of anesthesia (min)

300

285–320

305

290–325

0.28

Duration of surgery (min)

195

160–220

205

175–250

0.15

CPB time (min)

70

52–82

73

65–81

0.40

Cross-clamp time (min)

45

32–57

45

38–49

0.72

APACHE II score

14

11–19

17

12–20

0.18