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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma. 2010 Dec;69(6):1427–1432. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fa0019

TABLE 3.

Results of Poisson Regression Evaluating Association Between RBC Storage Age and Mortality

RR (95% CI) p
1–2 RBC units
  Old blood 0.97 (0.72–1.32) 0.85
  Age 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 0.01
  ISS 1.04 (1.03–1.05) <0.0001
  Male gender 1.09 (0.79–1.51) 0.60
  Units FFP 0.99 (0.91–1.08) 0.88
  Head injury 1.75 (1.24–2.47) 0.002
  Units RBC 1.29 (0.9–1.84) 0.17
  Blunt mechanism of injury 0.55 (0.38–0.78) 0.001
≥3 RBC units
  Old blood 1.57 (1.14–2.15) 0.01
  Age 1.01 (1.01–1.02) <0.0001
  ISS 1.03 (1.02–1.03) <0.0001
  Male gender 1.33 (0.98–1.80) 0.07
  Units FFP 0.96 (0.91–1.01) 0.16
  Units platelets 0.87 (0.71–1.05) 0.15
  Head injury 1.74 (1.26–2.40) 0.001
  Units RBC 1.10 (1.06–1.13) <0.0001
  Blunt mechanism of injury 0.70 (0.50–0.99) 0.05