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Table 1 Demographic and operative parameters of the CEA and no-CEA study groups

From: Carotid endarterectomy versus conservative management of the asymptomatic carotid stenosis before coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective study

Characteristic

CEA1

No-CEA

p

Female sex

34 (32%)

10 (14%)

0.0121*

Age (years)

71 (±1)

71 (±1)

0.7101

Diabetes mellitus

46 (43%)

31 (46%)

0.8758

Dyslipoproteinemia

37 (35%)

35 (51%)

0.0401*

Arterial hypertension

15 (14%)

11 (16%)

0.8280

Nicotine abuse

Current smoker

7 (7%)

8 (12%)

0.0963 

Prior smoker

23 (22%)

22 (32%)

No smoker

76 (72%)

38 (56%)

History of stroke

16 (15%)

10 (15%)

0.9441

Peripheral vascular disease

19 (18%)

17 (25%)

0.3376

Preoperative dialysis

3 (3%)

1 (1%)

1.0

Ejection fraction (%)

51 (±1)

50 (±2)

0.4129

Grade of carotid stenosis (%)

83 (±1)

71 (±1)

< 0.0001*

Preoperative patient status

 elective

81 (76%)

46 (68%)

0.2037

 urgent

25 (24%)

22 (32%)

 OPCAB

18 (17%)

15 (22%)

0.4324

  1. Ordinal parameters are reported as percentage n (%). Continuous variables are presented as means (±standard error)
  2. 1CEA carotid endarterectomy
  3. *statistically significant