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Table 1 Characteristics, median with (5-95% range), or number with proportion

From: Perioperative transfusion threshold and ambulation after hip revision surgery – a randomized trial

Characteristics

Restrictive group (n = 33)

Liberal group (n = 33)

Age, years

68 (43–86)

72 (53–89)

Men/women, no. (% men)

16/17 (48)

20/13 (61)

Body mass index, kg/m 2

27 (20–39)

26 (20–34)

American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status score, no. (%)

  

1

5 (15)

6 (18)

2

26 (79)

22 (67)

3

2 (6)

5 (15)

Comorbidities, no. (%)

  

Current smoker

4 (12)

5 (15)

Diabetes

6 (18)

4 (12)

Hypertension

18 (55)

19 (57)

Other cardiovascular disease

5 (15)

7 (21)

Lung disease

2 (6)

3 (9)

Neurologic disease

1 (3)

2 (6)

Kidney disease

1 (3)

0

Other disease

8 (24)

8 (24)

Preoperative haemoglobin concentration, g/dL

13.4 (10.2-15.0)

13.8 (10.5-16.3)

  1. Patient characteristics of patients undergoing hip revision surgery and randomized to a transfusion threshold of red blood cells of a haemoglobin concentration of 7.3 or 8.9 g/dL, restrictive group and liberal group, respectively.