Is a sedentary lifestyle an independent predictor for hospital and early mortality after elective cardiac surgery?
Publication year
2013Source
Netherlands Heart Journal, 21, 10, (2013), pp. 439-45ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Journal title
Netherlands Heart Journal
Volume
vol. 21
Issue
iss. 10
Page start
p. 439
Page end
p. 45
Subject
NCEBP 14: Cardiovascular diseases; NCEBP 2: Evaluation of complex medical interventions; NCEBP 4: Quality of hospital and integrated careAbstract
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates whether a sedentary lifestyle is an independent predictor for increased mortality after elective cardiac surgery. METHODS: Three thousand one hundred fifty patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery between January 2007 and June 2012 completed preoperatively the Corpus Christi Heart Project questionnaire concerning physical activity (PA). Based on this questionnaire, 1815 patients were classified as active and 1335 patients were classified as sedentary. The endpoints of the study were hospital mortality and early mortality. RESULTS: The study population had a mean age of 69.7 +/- 10.1 (19-95) years and a mean logistic EuroSCORE risk of 5.1 +/- 5.6 (0.88-73.8). Sedentary patients were significantly older (p = 0.001), obese (p = 0.001), had a higher EuroSCORE risk (p = 0.001), and a higher percentage of complications. Hospital mortality (1.1 % versus 0.4 % (p = 0.014)) and early mortality (1.5 % versus 0.6 % (p = 0.006)) were significantly higher in the sedentary group compared with the active group. However, a sedentary lifestyle was not identified as an independent predictor for hospital mortality (p = 0.61) or early mortality (p = 0.70). CONCLUSION: Sedentary patients were older, obese and had a higher EuroSCORE risk. They had significantly more postoperative complications, higher hospital mortality and early mortality. Despite these results, sedentary behaviour could not be identified as an independent predictor for hospital or early mortality.
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