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Table 2 Baseline characteristics according to preoperative serum Se level quartile

From: Preoperative serum selenium predicts acute kidney injury after adult cardiac surgery

 

Q1 (154.46–163.30

µg/L)

Q2 (155.98-158.33

µg/L)

Q3 (160.25-162.33

µg/L)

Q4 (164.60-168.74

µg/L)

P value

No. of patients

114

113

113

113

 

Age (years)

61.63 (16.52)

62.81 (16.81)

62.55 (14.74)

64.88 (14.07)

< 0.001

Female sex, n (%)

60 (52.63)

49 (43.36)

37 (32.74)

36 (31.86)

0.003

BMI (kg/m2)

27.65 (4.74)

26.8 (4.82)

26.69 (4.56)

26.24 (4.25)

< 0.001

Smoking, n (%)

20 (17.54)

18 (15.93)

28 (24.78)

26 (23.01)

0.286

Hypertension, n (%)

42 (36.84)

33 (29.2)

43 (38.05)

54 (47.79)

0.039

Diabetes, n (%)

28 (24.56)

33 (29.2)

28 (24.78)

33 (29.2)

0.757

Chronic heart failure, n (%)

46 (40.35)

38 (33.63)

31 (27.43)

34 (30.09)

0.185

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

18 (30)

18 (36.73)

9 (24.32)

14 (38.89)

0.240

COPD, n (%)

2 (1.75)

2 (1.77)

2 (1.77)

3 (2.65)

0.951

Surgery type, n (%)

    

0.039

CABG

43 (37.72)

43 (38.05)

55 (48.67)

34 (30.09)

 

Valve surgery

71 (62.28)

70 (61.95)

58 (51.33)

79 (69.91)

 

Anesthesia time (min)

226.51 (38.79)

230.46 (43.48)

233.95 (42.24)

222.88 (36.94)

< 0.001

CPB time (min)

125.17 (27.67)

118.93 (26.17)

123.29 (26.89)

116.43 (28.02)

< 0.001

Serum creatinine (µmol/L)

88.9 (10.53)

85.65 (9.17)

85.49 (8.86)

87.1 (9.18)

< 0.001

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

126.37 (7.67)

128.58 (7.54)

127.82 (8.42)

128.05 (8.46)

< 0.001

Albumin (g/dL)

3.83 (0.94)

4.16 (0.98)

4.07 (0.95)

4 (0.89)

< 0.001

  1. CSA-AKI, cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; Se, selenium