Sonographic muscle mass assessment in patients after cardiac surgery

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the study, n (%)

Characteristics	Values
Demographic data
Sex (male, female)	107 (65)/58 (35)
Age (yr)	71 (64-77)
Weight (kg)	77 ± 11.84
Height (m)	1.67 ± 0.09
Body mass index (kg/m2)	27.55 ± 3.69
Clinical characteristics
Hypertension	126 (76)
Diabetes	57 (34)
Dyslipidemia	97 (59)
Smoker	34 (21)
Former smoker	38 (23)
Coronary heart disease	89 (54)
Chronic heart Failure	10 (6)
Chronic pulmonary disease	22 (13)
Chronic kidney failure	13 (8)
Thoracic aortic aneurysm	11 (7)
Valve disease	10 (6)
Other disease	65 (39.4)
Apache II score	2 (1.2)
SOFA score	5 (3-6)

Categorical variables are continuous as median (Q1-Q3) or mean ± SD, ^aP < 0.05.

Table 2 Peri-operative study characteristics of patients enrolled in the study, n (%)

Characteristics	Values
Type of surgery
Coronary artery bypass grafting	86 (52)
Heart valve repair or replacement surgery	79 (48)
Other cardiac surgery	6 (4)
Medication
Propofol	111 (67)
Dobutamine	103 (62)
Noradrenaline	40 (24)
Morphine	13 (8)
Adrenaline	11 (7)
Other characteristics
Duration of extracorporeal circulation (min)	104 (81-135)
Duration of aortic cross-clamp (min)	75 (56-99)
Duration of mechanical ventilation (h)	15 (12-21)
Duration of surgery anesthesia (min)	246 (202-292)
Duration of sedation (min)	672 (553-896)
Duration of intensive care unit stay (h)	41 (24-77)

Categorical variables are continuous as median (Q1-Q3), ^aP < 0.05.