Table 4.
Outcomes in rhTPO group
| Variables | No response (n = 16) |
Response (n = 17) |
Statistical value | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platelets before delivery (× 109/L) | 19 (17.3, 25) | 68 (48.5, 112) | -4.909a | < 0.001 |
| Platelet transfusion, n (%) | NA | < 0.001b | ||
| No | 0 (0) | 14 (82.4) | ||
| Yes | 16 (100) | 3 (17.6) | ||
| Gestational weeks of delivery (weeks) | 37 (36, 37.4) | 38.3 (38, 39.3) | -4.151a | < 0.001 |
| Mode of delivery | NA | < 0.001b | ||
| Vaginal delivery, n (%) | 0 (0) | 11 (64.7) | ||
| Cesarean section, n (%) | 16 (100) | 6 (35.3) | ||
| Postpartum hemorrhage, n (%) | NA | 0.085b | ||
| No | 11 (68.8) | 16 (94.1) | ||
| Yes | 5 (31.30) | 1 (5.9) | ||
| Postpartum hemorrhage (ml) | 600 (350, 1000) | 400 (159, 550) | -1.835a | 0.066 |
| Premature, n (%) | NA | 0.085b | ||
| No | 11 (68.8) | 16 (94.1) | ||
| Yes | 5 (31.3) | 1 (5.9) |
Platelets before delivery: platelet counts before platelet transfusion before delivery
Postpartum hemorrhage was defined as a blood loss of ≥ 500 ml from the genital tract for vaginal deliveries and ≥ 1000 ml for caesarean sections, within 24 h of delivery
Abbreviations: NA not applicable
aMann-Whitney U Test
bFisher exact probability test