Prognostic Value of GDF-15 in Predicting Prolonged Intensive Care Stay following Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Study
Table 1
Baseline preoperative patient characteristics.
Non-PICULOS
PICULOS
value
Age, years
67 (53–75)
79 (77–83)
0.032
BMI, kg/m2
27 (25–32)
26 (25–29)
0.630
Gender (male/female)
7/5
7/5
1.000
Cardiac disease,
0.856
(i) CHD
5
4
(ii) Valvular
2
3
(iii) Combined
5
5
Comorbidity,
(i) Respiratory
3
1
0.333
(ii) Neurological
1
0
1.000
(iii) Renal
0
2
0.478
(iv) Diabetes
3
5
0.667
(v) Malignancy
0
3
0.217
Hemoglobin, g/dl
13.8 (12.9–15.1)
13.3 (11.9–14.4)
0.269
Leukocytes, /nl
7.0 (6.1–8.4)
7.4 (5.8–7.9)
0.884
CRP, mg/ml
1.5 (1.1–2.0)
3.8 (1.2–5.3)
0.113
Creatinine, mg/dl
0.99 (0.93–1.11)
1.04 (0.97–1.20)
0.200
GFR, ml/min/1.73 m2
74 (58–87)
60 (55–71)
0.068
EuroSCORE II, percent
1.34 (0.81–2.93)
3.85 (2.21–6.21)
0.007
Data are presented as median (IQR) or number (). BMI: body mass index; CHD: coronary heart disease; CRP: complement reactive protein; GFR: glomerular filtration rate. Significance using chi-squared test or Mann-Whitney test where appropriate.
