Clinical Study

Sexual Dimorphism in Hematocrit Response Following Red Blood Cell Transfusion of Critically Ill Surgical Patients

Table 2

Univariate correlations with ΔHct.

Variabler 2 𝑃

Recipient characteristics
 Age (years)0.100.02
 Male gender−0.23<0.01
 Admission diagnosis of trauma−0.010.74
 Transfusion indication of ICU anemia0.13<0.01
 Admission weight (kg)−0.15<0.01
 Admission BMI (kg/m2)−0.020.63
 24 Hour fluid balance (L)−0.100.02

Transfusion data
 Time from ICU admission to  transfusion (days)−0.040.35
 Hctpre (% points)−0.27<0.01
 Tpre (hours)0.090.04
 Tpost (hours)0.050.27
 pRBCs storage time (days)−0.010.68
 Donor male gender0.050.21
 Additional blood products−0.060.13

𝑟 2 , Pearson’s correlation coefficient; ICU, intensive care unit; BMI, body mass index; pRBCs, packed red blood cells.