TABLE 1

Patient characteristics

Age, height, and weight evaluated with Student's t test, body mass index (BMI) with Mann-Whitney U test, and sex with Fisher's exact test. Values presented as mean (S.D.), median [semi-interquartile range], or number of observations.

CharacteristicHypothermic (n =14)Normothermic (n = 8)
Age (yr)60 (10)65 (7)
Sex (males/total)12/147/8
Height (cm)177 (11)173 (9)
Weight (kg)83 (18)93 (16)
BMI (kg/m2)26 [1.2]*31 [4.2]