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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the UK VeRDiCT trial participants

From: Integrating expert opinions with clinical trial data to analyse low-powered subgroup analyses: a Bayesian analysis of the VeRDiCT trial

Treatment allocation

Randomised to usual care (n = 61)

n (%)

Randomised to VRT (n = 60)

n (%)

Minimisation criteria

 Age > 70 years

17 (28)

17 (28)

 Female gender

10 (16)

10 (17)

 Preoperative creatinine > 160 μmol/L

3 (5)

4 (7)

 Ejection fraction < 50%

49 (80)

49 (82)

 Cardiac angiogram in the 5 days prior to surgery

5 (8)

7 (12)

Subgroup variables

 Low risk of renal failure

37 (62)a

38 (63)

 Oral diabetic medication only

30 (49)

35 (58)

  1. aOne patient with missing data