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Table 2 Mean value of ln(BNP) according to female gender, presence of renal failure, diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery by-pass surgery (CABG).

From: Relationship between B-type natriuretic peptide levels and echocardiographic indices of left ventricular filling pressures in post-cardiac surgery patients

 

N (%)

Mean (SD)

p value

Female gender

41 (33)

5.76 (0.80)

 
   

0.032

Male gender

83 (67)

5.44 (0.79)

 

Diabetes mellitus, yes

30 (24)

5.71 (0.77)

 

0.197

   

Diabetes mellitus, no

94 (76)

5.49 (0.81)

 

Renal failure, yes

18 (15)

5.71 (0.96)

 

0.358

   

Renal failure, no

106 (85)

5.52 (0.78)

 

CABG

67 (54)

5.61 (0.84)

 

0.312

   

Other cardiac surgery

57 (46)

5.47 (0.76)

 

Total

124 (100)

5.55 (0.80)