The table below is from the article "A Randomized Clinical Trial of the Effect of Deliberate Perioperative Increase of Oxygen Delivery on Mortality in High-Risk Surgical Patients" by Boyd et al. The abstract of the article can be found hereLinks to an external site.- Table 4.-Baseline Characteristics for Patients Randomized to the Protocol and Control Groups Protocol Control Characteristic (n-54) Median apa. y (25th, 75 contles) 69 161, 77) 72 5 166. 80) -11 Sar, No. [) 39 074) 33 161) 14 (26) 21 (39) Smoker within 5 y. No. () 32 (60 41 28 (51 8) 44 Hypertension, No. (5) 20 037.7) 21 (38.9) mellitus, No. (3) 10 (18 5) Neoplastic disease, No. () 13 (24 5) 13 (24.1) Cardiovascular disease. No. () 42 079 2) 43 (79 6) Respiratory disease, No. (3) 17 620) 15 (27 8) 68 Renal disease creatinine >:150 p.mol/L (1.7 mg/dL). No. () 7 (132) Hopalc disease. No. () 7 (132) 4174) 36 Other disease, No. (4) 15 (28] 17 (31 5) Median Goldman cardiac risk index (25th, 75th config 12 (. 25) # 0. 21)