From: Quality of life 10 years after cardiac surgery in adults: a long-term follow-up study
Variable | Overall (N = 272) | Alive (a) (N = 118) | NR & Died (b) (N = 154) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
(a) vs (b) | ||||
Male | 213 (78) | 100 (85) | 113 (73) | 0.026 |
Age | 65 ± 10 | 63 ± 9 | 66 ± 10 | 0.016 |
Living maritally | 215 (79) | 99 (84) | 116 (75) | 0.057 |
Living in an urban area | 118 (43) | 55 (47) | 63 (41) | 0.39 |
Professionally active | 48 (17) | 23 (20) | 25 (16) | 0.52 |
On invalidity | 7 (3) | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | 0.47 |
Socio-economic class | ||||
Upper middle class | 20 (7) | 9 (8) | 11 (7) | 0.51 |
Middle class | 52 (19) | 13 (11) | 39 (25) | 0.011 |
Lower middle class | 66 (24) | 37 (31) | 29 (19) | 0.73 |
Skilled working class | 77 (28) | 39 (33) | 38 (25) | 0.69 |
Working class | 41 (15) | 15 (13) | 26 (17) | 0.81 |
Others | 16 (6) | 5 (4) | 11 (7) | 0.44 |
Level of education ≥ high school diploma | 49 (18) | 25 (21) | 24 (16) | 0.27 |
Diabetes mellitus | 87 (32) | 30 (25) | 57 (43) | 0.049 |
Peripheral arterial disease | 67 (25) | 24 (20) | 43 (36) | 0.16 |
Atrial fibrillation | 5 (2) | 1 (1) | 4 (3) | 0.14 |
Depression | 15 (6) | 5 (4) | 10 (8) | 0.59 |
LVEF | ||||
> 50% | 184 (68) | 80 (68) | 104 (88) | 0.78 |
30–50% | 75 (28) | 33 (28) | 42 (36) | 0.93 |
< 30% | 13 (5) | 5 (4) | 8 (7) | 0.67 |
CCS class ≥3 | 50 (18) | 18 (15) | 32 (27) | 0.27 |
NYHA class ≥3 | 23 (9) | 6 (5) | 17 (14) | 0.12 |
Complicated Outcome | 38 (14) | 10 (9) | 28 (24) | 0.023 |