Table 1 Comparison of the patient’s baseline demographics amongst treatment groups.

From: Comparison of blood loss between intra-articular microporous polysaccharide hemospheres powder and tranexamic acid following primary total knee arthroplasty

 

Total population

Unilateral TKA

Bilateral TKA

MPH

TXA

p value

MPH

TXA

p value

MPH

TXA

p value

Number

51

52

 

40

40

 

11

12

 

Female (%)

72.5

82.7

0.22

67.5

85.0

0.07

90.9

75.0

71.5

Age (years)

71.5

74.0

0.06

71.6

73.6

0.13

71.6

73.8

0.34

Height (cm)

157.1

155.0

0.18

157.6

154.8

0.09

155.3

153.8

0.63

Weight (kg)

66.6

66.4

0.94

67.2

66.1

0.67

64.6

64.0

0.89

BMI (kg/m2)

27.0

28.0

0.26

27.1

27.9

0.39

26.7

27.1

0.78

Hb (g/dL)

12.9

12.8

0.81

13.0

12.7

0.38

12.5

13.1

0.18

Hct (%)

38.9

38.7

0.72

39.2

38.4

0.35

37.9

39.7

11.2

PT (s)

11.2

11.7

0.14

11.1

11.9

0.11

11.4

11.2

0.68

aPTT (s)

30.0

30.2

0.69

39.8

30.3

0.47

30.6

29.9

0.45

  1. TKA total knee arthroplasty, MPH microporous polysaccharide hemosphere, TXA tranexamic acid, BMI body mass index, Hb hemoglobin, Hct hematocrit, PT prothrombin time, aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time.
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