Group A Group B P Value
Number Number 472 230
Age in years Age in years Mean (SD) 67.6 (9.8) 67.41 (9.2) 0.805
Median [IQR] 68 [61, 75] 68[61, 74] 0.727
Sex = M (%) Sex = M (%) Mean (SD) 382 (80.9) 191 (83.0) 0.566
Height Height Mean (SD) 1.70 (0.09) 1.71 (0.09) 0.19
Median [IQR] 1.71 [1.65, 1.76] 1.72 [1.66, 1.78] 0.27
Weight Weight Mean (SD) 86.60 (18.50) 83.21 (15.59) 0.017
Median [IQR] 85.50 [74, 96] 82.50 [73, 93] 0.027
BMI BMI Mean (SD) 29.8 (5.8) 28.4 (4.9) 0.001
Median [IQR] 29.11 [25.72, 32.66] 27.89 [24.90, 30.83] 0.002
Total Drainage (ml) Total Drainage (ml) Mean (SD) 418.9 (262.4) 413.1 (239.1) 0.781
Median [IQR] 375 [250, 506.25] 375.00 [250, 547] 0.778
Transfusion Blood (Units) Mean (SD) 0.87 (2.06) 0.67 (1.24) 0.178
FFP (Units) Mean (SD) 0.44 (1.20) 0.69 (1.44) 0.015
Platelets (Units) Mean (SD) 0.16 (0.48) 0.23 (0.59) 0.097
Indexed blood Loss Indexed blood Loss Mean (SD) 14.69 (9.76) 15.00 (9.20) 0.688
Median [IQR] 13.00 [8, 18] 13.50 [9, 20] 0.305
Re-operation for bleeding or tamponade N (%) Re-operation for bleeding or tamponade N (%) 7 (1.5) 3 (1.3) 0.88
ITU stay in hours (mean (sd)) ITU stay in hours (mean (sd)) Mean (SD) 67.8 (137) 43.1 (41.9) 0.008
Median [IQR] 35 [22.25, 69.65] 24.1 [20.9, 4] <0.001
Postoperative hospital stay (in days) (mean (SD)) Postoperative hospital stay (in days) (mean (SD)) Mean (SD 8.58 (11.5) 7.31 (7.5) 0.13
Median [IQR] 6.00 [5, 8] 6.00 [5.00, 7.00] 0.639
Died in cardiac unit Died in cardiac unit 2 (0.4) 2 (0.9)