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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2015 Sep 7;171(4):638–646. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13641

Table II.

Coagulation data in study subjects.

Analyte AA (n = 22) AS (n = 17) SS (n = 16) P-value* P-value
D-Dimer (μg/ml)
 <150    14 (64%)      3 (18%)      0 (0%) 0.0171 <0.0001
 150–229      3 (14%)      4 (24%)      0 (0%)
 >229      5 (23%)    10 (29%)    16 (100%)
TAT (nmol/l) 0.02 (0.02–0.02) 0.03 (0.02–0.97) 3.04 (0.03–8.78) 0.0385 <0.0001
Whole blood tissue factor activity (pmol/l) 0.08 (0.04–0.14) 0.09 (0.04–0.11) 0.23 (0.09–0.33) 0.7337   0.0048
Microparticle tissue factor activity (fmol/l)   2.2 (0–3.5)   3.8 (2.8–6.9)   5.5 (4.5–9.3) 0.0513   0.0042

Data are presented as median (IQR) or n (%).

AA, HbAA individuals (controls); AS, HbAS individuals (sickle cell trait); SS, HbSS individuals (sickle cell disease); TAT, thrombin-antithrombin complex.

*

Comparison of AA to AS.

Comparison of AA to SS.