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. 2012 Mar 22;2012:298345. doi: 10.5402/2012/298345

Table 2.

Univariate correlations with ΔHct.

Variable r 2 P
Recipient characteristics
 Age (years) 0.10 0.02
 Male gender −0.23 <0.01
 Admission diagnosis of trauma −0.01 0.74
 Transfusion indication of ICU anemia 0.13 <0.01
 Admission weight (kg) −0.15 <0.01
 Admission BMI (kg/m2) −0.02 0.63
 24 Hour fluid balance (L) −0.10 0.02

Transfusion data
 Time from ICU admission to  transfusion (days) −0.04 0.35
 Hctpre (% points) −0.27 <0.01
 Tpre (hours) 0.09 0.04
 Tpost (hours) 0.05 0.27
 pRBCs storage time (days) −0.01 0.68
 Donor male gender 0.05 0.21
 Additional blood products −0.06 0.13

r 2, Pearson's correlation coefficient; ICU, intensive care unit; BMI, body mass index; pRBCs, packed red blood cells.