Research Article
Pomegranate Supplementation Protects against Memory Dysfunction after Heart Surgery: A Pilot Study
Table 1
Demographic and perioperative data for the overall study sample by treatment group.
| | All | Pomegranate | Placebo | Signif. |
| Age in years (mean ± standard deviation) | | | | | Years of education (mean ± standard deviation) | | | | | IQ estimate (mean ± standard deviation) | | | | | Gender (%) | | | | | Male | 80 | 100 | 60 | | Female | 20 | 0 | 40 | | Ethnicity (%) | | | | | Caucasian | 60 | 60 | 60 | | Hispanic | 20 | 20 | 20 | | Asian | 20 | 20 | 20 | | Marital status (%) | | | | | Married | 88.9 | 75 | 100 | | Single | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Divorced | 11.1 | 25 | 0 | | Widowed | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diabetes (%) | | | | | Yes | 55.6 | 60 | 25 | | No | 44.4 | 40 | 75 | | High cholesterol (%) | | | | | Yes | 88.9 | 100 | 75 | | No | 11.1 | 0 | 25 | | Hypertension (%) | | | | | Yes | 77.8 | 100 | 50 | | No | 22.2 | 0 | 50 | | Smoking history (%) | | | | | Yes | 44.4 | 80 | 0 | | No | 55.6 | 20 | 100 | | Surgery type (%) | | | | | CABG | 60 | 60 | 60 | | Valve | 30 | 40 | 20 | | CABG + valve | 10 | 0 | 20 | | CPB minutes (mean ± standard deviation) | | | | | Cross-clamp minutes (mean ± standard deviation) | | | | |
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