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Table 2 Univariate analysis of the risk factors for transfusion in TKA

From: The incidence and risk factors for allogenic blood transfusion in total knee and hip arthroplasty

Variable

Non-transfusion (n = 436)

Transfusion (n = 105)

P value

Female gender (%)

350 (80.3)

94 (89.5)

0.027*

Age, years (mean ± SD)

67.5 (7.2)

66.6 (8.5)

0.264

BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

26.1 (3.7)

26.2 (4.3)

0.762

Diabetes (%)

69 (15.8)

20 (19.1)

0.424

Hypertension (%)

198 (45.4)

41 (39.1)

0.238

Malignance (%)

12 (2.8)

4 (3.8)

0.566

Smoking (%)

28 (6.4)

4 (3.8)

0.308

Diagnosis of RA (%)

36 (8.3)

14 (13.3)

0.107

PT, s (mean ± SD)

11.4 (0.9)

11.5 (0.8)

0.189

INR (mean ± SD)

0.99 (0.08)

1.01 (0.07)

0.192

APTT, s (mean ± SD)

25.8 (3.9)

26.5 (3.7)

0.076

Preoperative Hb level, g/L (mean ± SD)

128.8 (13.2)

121.1 (14.5)

< 0.001*

PLT, 109/L (mean ± SD)

207.3 (65.3)

204.1 (73.5)

0.657

Operation time, min (mean ± SD)

124.1 (22.7)

124.6 (24.5)

0.822

Intraoperative blood loss, mL (mean ± SD)

189.4 (95.5)

250.4 (151.0)

< 0.001*

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, RA rheumatoid arthritis, PT prothrombin time, INR international normalized ratio, APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, Hb hemoglobin, PLT platelet count
  2. *P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant