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

Table 4

Change in hematocrit following transfusion stratified by donor-recipient gender pairs.
  DonorRecipient 𝑁 ΔHct
MaleFemaleMaleFemale
••197 (34.0%)2.94
••201 (34.7%)2.48
••92 (15.9%)3.85
••89 (15.4%)3.76