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Table 3 Risk factors for a complicated postoperative recovery by age and physical activity status

From: Decreased physical activity is a predictor for a complicated recovery post cardiac surgery

 

Group A

Group B

Group C

Age ≤ 65 years

Age >65 and ≤75

Age >75 yrs

N = 1329

N = 1250

N = 803

Variablea

Active

DPA

p-value

Active

DPA

p-value

Active

DPA

p-value

N = 832 (%)

N = 497 (%)

N = 777 (%)

N = 473 (%)

N = 406 (%)

N = 397 (%)

Female gender

117 (14.0)

118 (23.7)

0.000

155 (19.9)

159 (33.6)

0.000

114 (28.1)

193 (48.6)

0.000

BMI > 30

196 (23.6)

186 (37.4)

0.000

150 (19.3)

171 (36.2)

0.000

67 (16.5)

106 (26.7)

0.000

Insulin dependent diabetes

48 (5.8)

54 (10.9)

0.001

66 (8.5)

65 (13.7)

0.003

31 (7.6)

39 (9.8)

0.272

Extracardiac arteriopathya

73 (8.8)

76 (15.3)

0.000

125 (16.1)

111 (23.5)

0.001

48 (11.8)

105 (26.4)

0.000

History of a neurological event

55 (6.6)

42 (8.5)

0.212

76 (9.8)

63 (13.3)

0.054

53 (13.1)

73 (18.4)

0.038

Renal dysfunctiona

4 (0.5)

8 (1.6)

0.035

4 (0.5)

14 (3.0)

0.000

2 (0.5)

7 (1.8)

0.104

Chronic pulmonary diseasea

47 (5.6)

49 (9.9)

0.004

77 (9.9)

67 (14.2)

0.022

41 (10.1)

52 (13.1)

0.184

Recent infarctiona

87 (10.5)

34 (6.8)

0.027

56 (7.2)

26 (5.5)

0.236

36 (8.9)

33 (8.3)

0.779

Previous cardiac surgerya

20 (2.4)

22 (4.4)

0.041

25 (3.2)

19 (4.0)

0.457

10 (2.5)

12 (3.0)

0.627

  1. For variables marked with a the definitions as in the logistic EuroSCORE are used. DPA = decreased physical activity, BMI = Body Mass Index, history of a neurological event = a CVA or TIA preoperative