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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Physical conditioning and mental stress reduction - a randomised trial in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

 

Holistic therapy

(n= 60)

Usual care

(n= 57)

p Value

Age (median years)

62.5 (59.0-68.5)

68 (58.0-77.0)

0.06

Male gender (%)

78%

70%

0.31

Diabetes mellitus

20%

29%

0.22

Previous MI

28%

31%

0.70

EuroSCORE

2.5 (1.5-6.1)

3.1 (1.6-7.6)

0.23

ASA Classification

3 (2-3)

3 (3-3)

0.32

CABG alone (n = 71)

37 (62%)

34 ((60%)

0.82

Valve (± CABG)

23 (38%)

23 (40%)

0.82

  1. MI = myocardial infarction; EuroSCORE = European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation; ASA = American Society of Anaesthesiologists (Physical Status Classification System); CABG = coronary artery bypass graft