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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Arthroplasty. 2013 Jul 23;28(9):10.1016/j.arth.2013.06.011. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.06.011

Table 2.

Primary outcomes for TKA and THA patients. Data reported as mean ± SD. P values are for unpaired two-tailed Student's T-test, except for transfused % which are for Fischer's Exact test.

Primary Hips

No TXA (n=40) With TXA (n=91) P value

Length of stay (days) 3.3 ± 2.0 2.7 ± 0.7 0.02
Discharge Hgb (gm/dL) 9.5 ± 1.4 10.5 ± 1.4 <0.01
Nadir in-hospital Hgb(gm/dL) 9.4 ± 1.3 10.2 ± 1.3 <0.01
Hgb drop (gm/dL) 4.7 ± 1.2 3.7 ± 1.2 <0.01
Blood loss (mL) 1729 ± 552 1384 ± 456 <0.01
Transfused (%) 15% 1% <0.01

Primary Knees

No TXA (n=29) With TXA (n=130) P value

Length of stay (days) 3.1 ± 0.9 2.7 ± 0.7 0.01
Discharge Hgb (gm/dL) 10.5 ± 1.8 11.1 ± 1.4 0.05
Nadir in-hospital Hgb(gm/dL) 10.2 ± 1.8 10.7 ± 1.3 0.08
Hgb drop (gm/dL) 3.6 ± 1.0 3.0 ± 0.9 <0.01
Blood loss (mL) 1397 ± 473 1166 ± 390 0.01
Transfused (%) 10% 0% <0.01