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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of group A and B

From: Immediate postoperative parenteral anticoagulant therapy in patients with mesenteric ischemia after intestinal resection: a retrospective cohort study at a single institute

 

Group A (n = 29)

Group B (n = 56)

P value

Background factors

Age (year)a

78 (41–95)

75 (23–92)

0.363

Gender (female/male)

14/15

21/35

0.362

Type (EAMI/TAMI/NOMI/VAMI)

4/10/15/0

14/17/20/5

0.171

Medical history

Recent cardiovascular procedureb (n)

7

12

0.789

Coronary artery disease (n)

9

24

0.352

Cerebral vascular event (n)

5

11

1.000

Chronic lung disease (n)

5

6

0.499

Essential hypertension (n)

18

43

0.204

Dyslipidemia (n)

3

3

0.406

Liver cirrhosis (n)

2

4

1.000

Atrial fibrillation (n)

4

8

1.000

Diabetes mellitus (n)

14

20

0.351

Dialysis (n)

11

10

0.062

Regular antiplatelet or anticoagulant use (n)

10

23

0.642

Preoperative factors

WBC count(/uL)

15,400 (3,250–37,700)

11,685 (890–28,800)

0.031

WBC count out of normal rangec (n)

20

28

0.111

Positive band form of WBC (n)

21

26

0.037

NLR (%)

12.7 (2.7–98.0)

13.0 (1.9–97.0)

0.704

Platelet count (/uL)

139,000 (14,000–485,000)

145,500 (21,000–341,000)

0.871

INR of PT

1.17 (0.91–8.77)

1.13 (0.88–3.50)

0.226

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

10.3 (6.1–14.8)

11.9 (6.0–16.6)

0.012

Serum albumin (g/dL)

2.5 (1.2–4.5)

3.1 (1.5–4.5)

0.002

Serum ALT (U/L)

28 (7–3049)

30 (4–1332)

0.714

Serum bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.8 (0.2–6.4)

0.9 (0.3–9.5)

0.451

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

3.7 (0.9–12.0)

2.5 (0.40–12.1)

0.047

Shock status (n)

14

15

0.057

Surgical factors

Time to surgery (hour)d

5.4 (2.14–102.7)

5.5 (1.6–134.0)

0.802

Intraoperative red blood transfusion (n)

2

7

0.712

Combined colon resection (n)

4

22

0.024

End-enterostomy (n)

16

44

0.043

Functional residual small intestine (cm)

170 (5–270)

115 (10–400)

0.820

Prognosis

   

30-days mortality (n)

15

9

0.001

2-year survival rates (%)

19

45.4

0.001

  1. EAMI arterial embolism; TAMI arterial thrombosis; NOMI non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia; VAMI venous thrombosis; WBC: white blood cell; NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; INR: international normalized ratio; PT prothrombin time; ALT alanine aminotransferase
  2. aMedian (range)
  3. bExperiencing major cardiovascular procedure within 90 days before intestine resection
  4. cNormal range of WBC: between 4000 and 12,000/uL
  5. dPeriod between definite diagnosis by contrasted computed tomography and surgery
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