Predictive value of preoperative erythrocyte electrophoresis exponent for acute deep vein thrombosis after total knee arthroplasty in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Table 3 Comparisons of erythrocyte electrophoresis exponent

Erythrocyte electrophoresis exponent	All	p value	Females	p value	Males	p value
Mean (SD)
DVT patients	4.75 (0.594)	0.003	4.76 (0.617)	0.000	4.64 (0.575)	0.967
Non-DVT patients	4.91 (0.664)	0.003	4.99 (0.667)	0.000	4.64 (0.419)	0.967
Multivariate analysis	OR^a (95% CI)	0.003	OR^b (95% CI)	0.002	OR^b (95% CI)	0.298
Multivariate analysis	0.606 (0.436–0.841)	0.003	0.568 (0.399–0.810)	0.002	0.314 (0.035-2.776)	0.298

SD standard deviation, DVT deep vein thrombosis, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
^aOdds ratio adjusted for matching factors of gender, age, BMI, and all the confounding factors in this study
^bOdds ratio adjusted for matching factors of age, BMI, and all the confounding factors in this study after stratified by gender

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