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Table 2 Characteristics of patients according to survivors and non-survivors

From: Preoperative thyroid hormone levels predict ICU mortality after cardiopulmonary bypass in congenital heart disease patients younger than 3 months old

Characteristic

Survivors

(N = 120)

Non-survivors

(N = 13)

P value

Age (days)

38.63 ± 26.87

17.46 ± 17.10

0.006

 ≤28 days

41 (34.1 %)

9(69.2)

0.017

Female

44 (36.7 %)

0 (0 %)

0.005

Weight (kg)

3.92 ± 0.93

3.61 ± 0.63

0.234

RACHS-1 ≥ 4

31(25.8 %)

8(61.5 %)

0.020

Preoperative serum albumin (g/L)

38.13 ± 4.97

39.31 ± 3.78

0.406

Preoperative thyroid function

 FT3 (pmol/L)

5.11 ± 1.55

3.91 ± 0.99

0.007

 FT4 (pmol/L)

21.52 ± 5.79

19.02 ± 5.85

0.142

 TT3 (nmol/L)

1.90 ± 0.57

1.55 ± 0.35

0.032

 TT4 (nmol/L)

122.07 ± 34.77

103.47 ± 29.10

0.066

 TSH (µIU/ml)

5.48 ± 4.94

7.89 ± 11.90

0.483

Operative factors

   

 CPB time (min)

111.53 ± 83.87

139.07 ± 58.61

0.251

 ACC time (min)

45.01 ± 21.61

55.40 ± 19.73

0.100

  1. Abbreviations as in Table 1