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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Demographics of both groups

From: Tranexamic acid reduces blood loss in primary total hip arthroplasty performed using the direct anterior approach: a one-center retrospective observational study

Variable

TXA group (n = 39)

n (%) or mean ± SD (range)

Control group (n = 31)

n (%) or mean ± SD (range)

95% CI (lower to upper)

p-Value

TXA group

Control group

Age (years)

54.4 ± 13.6 (24–83)

53.7 ± 15.4 (25–83)

50.1–58.6

48.3–59.1

0.841

Sex (%)

    

0.851††

 Male

26 (66.7)

20 (64.5)

   

 Female

13 (33.3)

11(35.5)

   

BMI (kg/m2)

22.3 ± 2.6 (17.8–25.5)

22.2 ± 2.8 (17.9–28.5)

21.5–23.1

21.2–23.2

0.878

ASA grade (%)

33:6

27:4

  

0.768††

 I

33 (84.6)

27 (87.1)

   

 II

6 (15.4)

4 (12.9)

   

HBpre* (g/L)

134.2 ± 12.0 (114–159)

134.8 ± 10.1 (113–155)

130.4–138.0

131.2–138.4

0.825

  1. * HBpre = initial preoperative HB level
  2. Student’s t-test was used
  3. ††Chi-squared test was used