Impact of specialized nursing outpatient case management on post-coronary artery bypass grafting patients

Table 1 Comparison of the general data between the two groups, n (%)

General information	Control group (n = 51)	Case management unit (n = 52)	χ2/t	P value
Sex			0.092	0.762
Male	28 (54.90)	27 (51.92)
Female	23 (45.10)	25 (48.08)
Age (mean ± SD), yr	57.85 ± 9.74	58.22 ± 10.14	0.189	0.851
BMI (mean ± SD), kg/m2	22.06 ± 2.27	21.98 ± 2.33	0.176	0.860
Number of lesion branches			0.868	0.648
Single vessel disease	12 (23.53)	15 (28.85)
Double vessel disease	19 (37.25)	21 (40.38)
Three or more lesions	20 (39.22)	16 (30.77)
Educational background			0.920	0.631
Junior high school and below	14 (27.45)	12 (23.08)
Secondary to tertiary	21 (41.18)	19 (36.54)
Bachelor’s degree or above	16 (31.37)	21 (40.38)
Concomitant disease
Hypertension	31 (60.78)	27 (51.92)	0.822	0.365
Diabetes	22 (43.14)	19 (36.54)	0.468	0.494
Smoking history	11 (21.57)	14 (26.92)	0.402	0.526
Drinking history	13 (25.49)	12 (23.08)	0.082	0.775

BMI: Body mass index.