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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study patients

From: Type D personality is a predictor of prolonged acute brain dysfunction (delirium/coma) after cardiovascular surgery

variable

Total population N = 142

Type D personality N = 37

Non-Type D personality N = 105

Age ± SD

67 ± 14

64 ± 13

67 ± 14

Male n (%)

90 (63)

24(64)

66(62)

Surgical procedure n (%)

 CABG

26 (18)

7 (18)

19 (18)

 CABG+Valve surgery

10 (7)

2 (5)

8 (7)

 Valve surgery

65 (45)

14 (37)

51 (48)

 Thoracic blood vessel replacement

7 (4)

3 (8)

4 (3)

 Thoracic blood vessel replacement+VALVE surgery

6 (4)

1 (2)

5 (4)

 Abdominal blood vessel replacement

5 (3)

1 (2)

4 (3)

 Endovascular aortic repair

16 (11)

5 (13)

11 (10)

 ASD/VSD closer

2 (1)

1 (2)

1 (1)

 Heart tumor resection

3 (2)

2 (5)

1 (1)

 Ventricular aneurysm resection

2 (1)

1 (2)

1 (1)

 MMSE ± SD

28 ± 1.52

28 ± 1.50

28 ± 1.53

Depressive symptom a ± SD

1.9 ± 2.7

3.0 ± 2.9

1.6 ± 2.5

DS 14

 Negative Affectivity (NA)

6.6 ± 6.0

14.8 ± 4.2

3.7 ± 3.2

 Social Inhibition (SI)

8.7 ± 6.6

16.0 ± 4.7

6.2 ± 5.1

 EuroSCOREII ± SD

2.0 ± 2.0

1.7 ± 1.5

2.1 ± 2.1

 Aortic clamping times, min (IQR)

135 (0, 206)

136 (34, 214)

135 (0, 208)

 mSOFA b ± SD

3.5 ± 2.1

3.4 ± 1.9

3.5 ± 2.2

 Benzodiazepine (mg/kg/day) b ± SD

0.06 ± 0.5

0.06 ± 0.41

0.06 ± 0.53

 Propofol (mg/kg/day) b ± SD

2.8 ± 6.6

3.0 ± 7.3

2.3 ± 4.1

 Dexmedetomidine (μg/kg/day) b ± SD

0.8 ± 3.0

0.6 ± 1.2

0.9 ± 3.4

 Prevalence of delirium n (%)

49 (34)

17 (45)

32 (30)

 Delirium/coma days ± SD

1.5 ± 1.7

2.1 ± 1.9

1.3 ± 1.6

 Coma days ± SD

0.9 ± 1.1

0.9 ± 1.0

0.8 ± 1.1

 Delirium days ± SD

0.6 ± 1.0

1.1 ± 1.5

0.4 ± 0.8

  1. a: measured by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
  2. b: used average of 7 days
  3. IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation, MMSE mini-mental state examination, EuroSCOREII European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II, mSOFA modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment