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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2015 Mar 16;55(7):1675–1684. doi: 10.1111/trf.13040

Table 4.

Multivariable logistic regression model of risk factors for blood transfusion with an interaction between OH and hemoglobin. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CI) are shown, and the p value for association of each variable with transfusion is shown in the left-hand column.

Parameter OR 95% CI
Hospital (0.0064) CHB 1.00 . .
GSH 1.84 1.24 2.72
KEH 1.50 1.03 2.17
MMH 1.03 0.73 1.45
Age [Years] (0.8026) <=19 1.00 . .
20–24 0.74 0.49 1.12
25–29 0.79 0.52 1.20
30–34 0.88 0.56 1.37
35–39 0.79 0.47 1.33
40+ 0.80 0.37 1.75
Gestational Age [Weeks] (<0.0001) <=34 2.90 1.98 4.25
35–36 1.07 0.64 1.79
37 1.53 0.95 2.45
38 1.36 0.89 2.08
39 0.75 0.44 1.27
40 1.00 . .
41 1.19 0.67 2.12
42+ 1.30 0.52 3.26
HIV Status (0.0046) Negative 1.00 . .
Positive 1.52 1.14 2.03
Prenatal Care (<0.0001) Booked 1.00 . .
Unbooked 2.77 1.68 4.56
Hemoglobin [g/dL] (p<0.0001) by Hemorrhage (p<0.0001) Interaction (p=0.0198)
With OH: Hemoglobin (g/dL) <=9.2 467.0 200.1 >999.9
9.3–10.0 928.2 317.1 >999.9
10.1–10.5 217.6 79.8 593.1
10.6–11.0 264.7 95.2 736.1
11.1–11.4 163.3 54.0 493.8
11.5–11.8 150.8 53.7 423.6
11.9–12.2 287.4 106.3 777.1
12.3–12.6 160.9 53.9 480.1
12.7–13.3 94.1 34.6 256.0
13.4+ 158.9 50.0 505.1
Without OH: Hemoglobin (g/dL) <=9.2 9.3 4.6 18.8
9.3–10.0 2.9 1.3 6.3
10.1–10.5 2.4 1.0 5.6
10.6–11.0 (ref. cell) 1.0
11.1–11.4 1.6 0.6 4.0
11.5–11.8 2.5 1.1 5.7
11.9–12.2 1.6 0.7 3.8
12.3–12.6 1.4 0.5 3.7
12.7–13.3 1.8 0.8 4.4
13.4+ 1.9 0.8 4.7