Research Article
Prognostic Value of Procalcitonin for Morbidity and Mortality in Patients after Cardiac Surgery
Table 3
Comparison of the outcomes under scrutiny during a one-year follow-up period based on serum PCT levels and previous diseases.
| Variable | Serum PCT level ≤0.8 | value | Serum PCT level >0.8 | value | With diabetes, N (%) | Without diabetes, N (%) | With diabetes, N (%) | Without diabetes, N (%) |
| Dysrhythmia | | | — | | | 0.765 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (11.4) | 10 (16.1) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 31 (88.6) | 52 (83.9) | CVA | | | — | | | 1.000 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (4.8) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 34 (97.1) | 59 (95.2) | Death | | | — | | | 0.277 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (14.3) | 4 (6.5) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 30 (85.7) | 58 (93.5) | Wound infection | | | — | | | 0.257 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (22.9) | 8 (12.9) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 27 (77.1) | 54 (87.1) |
| Variable | With hypertension, N (%) | Without hypertension, N (%) | value | With hypertension, N (%) | Without hypertension, N (%) | value | Dysrhythmia | | | — | | | 0.569 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (12.5) | 7 (17.1) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 49 (87.5) | 34 (82.9) | CVA | | | — | | | 1.000 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.6) | 2 (4.9) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 54 (96.4) | 39 (95.1) | Death | | | — | | | 0.009 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (16.1) | 0 (0.0) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 47 (83.9) | 41 (100.0) | Wound infection | | | — | | | 0.583 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (14.3) | 8 (19.5) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 48 (85.7) | 33 (80.5) |
| Variable | With dyslipidemia, N (%) | Without dyslipidemia, N (%) | value | With dyslipidemia, N (%) | Without dyslipidemia, N (%) | value | Dysrhythmia | | | — | | | 0.018 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.5) | 12 (22.6) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 42 (95.5) | 41 (77.4) | CVA | | | — | | | 0.624 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | 3 (5.7) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 43 (97.7) | 50 (94.3) | Death | | | — | | | 0.001 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (20.5) | 0 (0.0) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 35 (79.5) | 53 (100.0) | Wound infection | | | — | | | 0.276 | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (11.4) | 11 (20.8) | No | 1 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 39 (88.6) | 42 (79.2) |
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