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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of risk factors in cardiac surgery patients for an increased pulmonary leakage index > 1.5 times the upper limit of normal

From: Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products as an indicator of pulmonary vascular injury after cardiac surgery

Risk factors

OR (95%)

pValue

sRAGE, pg/mL

1.005 (1.00-1.01)

0.039

Operation time, min

1.010 (1.00-1.02)

0.030

EuroSCORE

1.090 (0.88-1.36)

0.441

Total amount of transfusions, units

0.968 (0.86-1.09)

0.579

  1. PLI was dichotomized into strongly elevated and modestly elevated, at a cut-off of 1.5 x elevated above upper limit of normal. (14.1 x 10-3 min-1).
  2. sRAGE: soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products; EuroSCORE: European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation.
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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