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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics

From: Clinical significance of lactate clearance in patients with cardiogenic shock: results from the RESCUE registry

 

High lactate clearance

Low lactate clearance

p value

n = 333

n = 295

Age

65.0 (55.0–75.0)

68.0 (56.0–78.0)

0.096

Male

227 (68.2)

189 (64.1)

0.278

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.0 (20.8–25.7)

22.9 (20.4–25.7)

0.900

Diabetes mellitus

115 (34.5)

104 (35.3)

0.850

Hypertension

161 (48.3)

151 (51.2)

0.478

Dyslipidemia

87 (26.1)

76 (25.8)

0.917

Current smoker

94 (28.2)

70 (23.7)

0.200

Chronic kidney disease

35 (10.5)

38 (12.9)

0.355

Peripheral vascular disease

19 (5.7)

11 (3.7)

0.246

Previous myocardial infarction

43 (12.9)

37 (12.5)

0.889

Previous percutaneous coronary intervention

48 (14.4)

42 (14.2)

0.950

Previous coronary artery bypass grafting

11 (3.3)

7 (2.4)

0.486

Previous cerebrovascular accident

41 (12.3)

27 (9.2)

0.203

Clinical presentation

0.010

 Ischemic cardiomyopathy

237 (71.2)

212 (71.9)

 

 Non–ischemic cardiomyopathy

54 (16.2)

55 (18.6)

 

 Pulmonary thromboembolism

13 (3.9)

6 (2.0)

 

 Refractory arrhythmia

20 (6.0)

5 (1.7)

 

 Other causes

9 (2.7)

17 (5.8)

 

Echocardiographic findings

 Left ventricular ejection fraction at admission (%)

33.0 (25.0–50.9)

33.0 (24.8–44.6)

0.661

 Lowest left ventricular ejection fraction (%)

30.0 (20.0–46.0)

30.0 (20.5–39.9)

0.405

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

70.0 (59.0–80.0)

72.0 (60.0–82.0)

0.070

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

46.0 (35.0–54.0)

46.0 (40.0–56.0)

0.104

Heart rate (beat/minute)

89.0 (62.0–111.0)

90.0 (64.3–108.8)

0.979

  1. Values are shown as n (%) or median (interquartile range)