Table 1

Demographics of 591 patients who received protamine during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

Patient characteristicsTotal no. of patients: 591 (100%)Status of protamine-heparin IgG-antibodies at baselineP value
No antibodies (n = 534; 90.4%)Non–platelet-activating antibodies (n = 50; 8.4%)Platelet-activating antibodies (n = 7; 1.2%)
Age (y) 67.5 ± 9.5 67.5 ± 9.7 67.6 ± 7.6 72.3 ± 8.7 .414 
Female sex (%) 162 (27.4) 145 (27.2) 16 (32.0) 1 (14.3) .688 
Body mass index 29.0 ± 4.6 28.9 ± 4.6 30.3 ± 4.3 28.9 ± 4.1 .281 
Diabetes (%) 233 (39.4) 195 (36.5) 31 (62.0) 7 (100) < .001 
Hypertension (%) 539 (91.2) 483 (90.4) 50 (100.0) 6 (85.7) .221 
Previous myocardial infarction (%) 70 (11.8) 66 (12.4) 3 (6.0) 1 (14.3) .346 
Congestive heart failure (%) 5 (0.8) 2 (0.4) 3 (6.0) 0 (0) .001 
Peripheral vascular disease (%) 102 (17.3) 93 (17.4) 7 (14.0) 2 (28.6) .635 
Patient characteristicsTotal no. of patients: 591 (100%)Status of protamine-heparin IgG-antibodies at baselineP value
No antibodies (n = 534; 90.4%)Non–platelet-activating antibodies (n = 50; 8.4%)Platelet-activating antibodies (n = 7; 1.2%)
Age (y) 67.5 ± 9.5 67.5 ± 9.7 67.6 ± 7.6 72.3 ± 8.7 .414 
Female sex (%) 162 (27.4) 145 (27.2) 16 (32.0) 1 (14.3) .688 
Body mass index 29.0 ± 4.6 28.9 ± 4.6 30.3 ± 4.3 28.9 ± 4.1 .281 
Diabetes (%) 233 (39.4) 195 (36.5) 31 (62.0) 7 (100) < .001 
Hypertension (%) 539 (91.2) 483 (90.4) 50 (100.0) 6 (85.7) .221 
Previous myocardial infarction (%) 70 (11.8) 66 (12.4) 3 (6.0) 1 (14.3) .346 
Congestive heart failure (%) 5 (0.8) 2 (0.4) 3 (6.0) 0 (0) .001 
Peripheral vascular disease (%) 102 (17.3) 93 (17.4) 7 (14.0) 2 (28.6) .635 
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