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Comparison of Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Storage Age Among Patients Transfused 3 or More RBC Units
| RBC Storage Age |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh | Old | p | |
| No. patients | 189 | 411 | |
| Mean age (SD; yr) | 44 (21) | 40 (19) | 0.03 |
| Male (%) | 72 | 71 | 0.63 |
| Mean ISS (SD) | 29 (16) | 30 (16) | 0.52 |
| Mechanism (% blunt) | 71 | 72 | 0.83 |
| Brain injury (%) | 32 | 24 | 0.03 |
| Mean RBC units (SD) | 5.47 (3.38) | 6.05 (4.39) | 0.11 |
| Mean FFP (SD) | 2.76 (3.08) | 3.47 (3.75) | 0.02 |
| Mean platelets (SD) | 0.39 (0.67) | 0.51 (0.93) | 0.11 |
