Clinical Study
Sexual Dimorphism in Hematocrit Response Following Red Blood Cell Transfusion of Critically Ill Surgical Patients
Table 2
Univariate correlations with ΔHct.
| Variable | r 2 | |
| Recipient characteristics | | | Age (years) | 0.10 | 0.02 | Male gender | −0.23 | <0.01 | Admission diagnosis of trauma | −0.01 | 0.74 | Transfusion indication of ICU anemia | 0.13 | <0.01 | Admission weight (kg) | −0.15 | <0.01 | Admission BMI (kg/m2) | −0.02 | 0.63 | 24 Hour fluid balance (L) | −0.10 | 0.02 |
| Transfusion data | | | Time from ICU admission to transfusion (days) | −0.04 | 0.35 | Hctpre (% points) | −0.27 | <0.01 | Tpre (hours) | 0.09 | 0.04 | Tpost (hours) | 0.05 | 0.27 | pRBCs storage time (days) | −0.01 | 0.68 | Donor male gender | 0.05 | 0.21 | Additional blood products | −0.06 | 0.13 |
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, Pearson’s correlation coefficient; ICU, intensive care unit; BMI, body mass index; pRBCs, packed red blood cells.
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