Table 4.
Univariate analyses of various factors in relation to a reduction of Hct level 8 week after the earthquake
|
a) Hct according to patient characteristics using Mann-Whitney
U
test | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
HCT |
|
| Mean±SD | P | ||
|
Sex |
|
|
0.71 |
| |
Male |
34.3±3.7 |
|
| |
Female |
34.6±3.3 |
|
|
Diabetes |
|
|
0.57 |
| |
Yes |
34.1±4.0 |
|
| |
No |
34.5±3.3 |
|
|
Hypertension |
|
|
0.86 |
| |
Yes |
34.4±3.6 |
|
| |
No |
34.2±3.2 |
|
|
Hospital |
|
|
0.05 |
| |
Hanawa |
35.0±4.0 |
|
| |
Soma |
33.4±4.0 |
|
|
b) Correlation between Hct and patient characteristics using simple linear regression analysis | |||
| |
Hct |
|
|
| |
C.C
|
P
|
|
|
Age |
0.17 |
0.13 |
|
|
DW |
0.06 |
0.57 |
|
|
Height |
0.08 |
0.49 |
|
| Change of DW | 0.05 | 0.63 | |
Hct, hematocrit; SD, standard deviation; Hanawa, Hanawa Welfare Hospital, not seriously damaged by the tsunami and far from the nuclear power plant accident;
Soma, Soma Central Hospital, seriously damaged by the tsunami and near the nuclear power plant accident; c.c., correlation coefficient; DW, dry weight; b, standard partial regression coefficient; * p<0.05.