Table 1.
Comparison of the patient’s baseline demographics amongst treatment groups.
| Total population | Unilateral TKA | Bilateral TKA | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPH | TXA | p value | MPH | TXA | p value | MPH | TXA | p value | |
| Number | 51 | 52 | 40 | 40 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Female (%) | 72.5 | 82.7 | 0.22 | 67.5 | 85.0 | 0.07 | 90.9 | 75.0 | 71.5 |
| Age (years) | 71.5 | 74.0 | 0.06 | 71.6 | 73.6 | 0.13 | 71.6 | 73.8 | 0.34 |
| Height (cm) | 157.1 | 155.0 | 0.18 | 157.6 | 154.8 | 0.09 | 155.3 | 153.8 | 0.63 |
| Weight (kg) | 66.6 | 66.4 | 0.94 | 67.2 | 66.1 | 0.67 | 64.6 | 64.0 | 0.89 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.0 | 28.0 | 0.26 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 0.39 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 0.78 |
| Hb (g/dL) | 12.9 | 12.8 | 0.81 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 0.18 |
| Hct (%) | 38.9 | 38.7 | 0.72 | 39.2 | 38.4 | 0.35 | 37.9 | 39.7 | 11.2 |
| PT (s) | 11.2 | 11.7 | 0.14 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 0.11 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 0.68 |
| aPTT (s) | 30.0 | 30.2 | 0.69 | 39.8 | 30.3 | 0.47 | 30.6 | 29.9 | 0.45 |
TKA total knee arthroplasty, MPH microporous polysaccharide hemosphere, TXA tranexamic acid, BMI body mass index, Hb hemoglobin, Hct hematocrit, PT prothrombin time, aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time.