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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2011 May 13;51(11):2337–2342. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03160.x

Table 1.

Characteristics of platelet recipients

Control Group (n=26) ATR Group (n=37) P
Age, years, median (IQR) 53 (43–61) 49 (31–58) 0.13
Male, n (%) 18 (69) 25 (68) 1
Primary Diagnosis, n (%)
 Acute Luekemia 15 (57.7) 18 (48.7) 0.6
 HSCT 3 (11.5) 8 (21.6) 0.5
 Other hematologic 2 (7.7) 5 (13.5) 0.7
 Solid tumor 1 (3.9) 4 (10.8) 0.4
 Lymphoma 3 (11.5) 2 (5.4) 0.6
 Non-oncology medical 1 (3.9) 0 (0) 0.4
 Surgical 1 (3.9) 0 (0) 0.4
Peripheral Blood Cell Counts, median (IQR)
 Absolute neutrophil count 842 (0–4100) 244 (0–629) 0.08
 Absolute eosinophil count 0 (0–5) 0 (0–15) 0.9
 Absolute basophil count 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0.9
Prior Transfusions, median units (IQR)
 Platelet (apheresis units) 18 (6–31) 7 (2–26) 0.06
 RBC 22 (10–44) 14 (6–23) 0.06
Number of Prior ATRs, median (IQR) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1) 0.002

IQR= Interquartile range

HSCT= Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant