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Table 3 Perioperative variables of the patients

From: Intravenous magnesium prevents atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting: a meta-analysis of 7 double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trials

Variable

Magnesium (% (n))

Control (% (n))

x 2 value

P value

Total prevalence (% (n))

Diabetes mellitus [11, 24–26]

22.4 (68/304)

21.9 (70/319)

0.016

0.9

22.2 (138/623)

Hypertension [24–26]

31.2 (43/138)

27.1 (38/140)

0.543

0.5

29.1 (81/278)

β-blocker [21–25]

45.6 (146/320)

48.6 (152/313)

0.548

0.5

47.1 (298/633)