Table 2.
Patient baseline characteristics.
| Parameters | Total (N = 893) | Preoperative anaemia (n = 485) | No preoperative anaemia (n = 408) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comorbidities | 0.028 | |||
| Hypertension | 68 (7.6%) | 40 (8.2%) | 28 (6.8%) | — |
| Diabetes mellitus | 28 (3.1%) | 22 (4.5%) | 6 (1.5%) | — |
| Diabetes mellitus + hypertension | 27 (3.0%) | 22 (4.5%) | 5 (1.2%) | — |
| HIV | 9 (1.0%) | 5 (1.0%) | 4 (1.0%) | — |
| Asthma | 6 (0.7%) | 3 (0.6%) | 3 (0.7%) | — |
| Hepatitis B | 5 (0.6%) | 3 (0.6%) | 2 (0.5%) | — |
| Diabetes mellitus + other conditions∗ | 4 (0.4%) | 2 (0.4%) | 2 (0.5%) | — |
| Others‡ | 5 (0.6%) | 3 (0.6%) | 2 (0.5%) | — |
| Cancer | 50 (5.6%) | 31 (6.4%) | 19 (4.7%) | 0.261 |
| Sickling status (N = 497) ∗∗ | 0.101 | |||
| Positive | 52 (10.5%) | 33/262 (12.6%) | 19/235 (8.1%) | — |
| Negative | 445 (89.5%) | 229/262 (87.4%) | 216/235 (91.9%) | — |
| Preoperative malaria parasites (N = 600) ∗∗ | 0.456 | |||
| Positive | 16 (2.7%) | 10/320 (3.1%) | 6/280 (2.1%) | — |
| Negative | 584 (97.3%) | 310/320 (96.9%) | 274/280 (97.9%) | — |
Results are shown as frequency (percentage); ∗diabetes mellitus with or without hypertension + (peptic ulcer disease or asthma or pneumonia); ‡alcoholic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and chronic skin ulcer; ∗∗sickling and preoperative malaria results were available for 497 and 600 patients, respectively.