Baseline Demographics and Operative Characteristics
kidney disease
S; HEMOGLOBIN, KIDNEY DISEASE
Abbreviations: ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CBC, complete blood cell count; EF, ejection fraction; EuroSCORE, European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; WBC, white blood cell count.SI conversion factors: To convert albumin to grams per liter, multiply by 10; creatinine to micromoles per liter, multiply by 88.4; hemoglobin to grams per liter, multiply by 10; platelet count to ×10Moderate kidney disease is categorized as creatinine clearance of 0.6 to 1.0 mg/dL and severe kidney disease as creatinine clearance less than 0.6 mg/dL. There were no descriptively significant differences between the 2 groups.The present ethnicity list is used historically. Specific races and ethnicites in the other group were not reported.