Table 1.
Patient Characteristics
| Total N=357 | Transfusion n=133 |
No Transfusion n=224 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Mean ± SD (years) | 59 ± 17 | 58 ± 18 | 0.57 | |
| Age, N (%) | ||||
| <50 | 36 (27) | 67 (30) | 0.66 | |
| 50–64 | 47 (35) | 69 (30) | ||
| ≥65 | 50 (38) | 88 (40) | ||
| Female, N (%) | 76 (57) | 137 (61) | 0.45 | |
| Race, N (%) | ||||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 1 (1) | 3 (1) | 0.7 | |
| Asian | 4 (3) | 8 (4) | ||
| Black or African American | 84 (63) | 148 (66) | ||
| Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| White | 33 (25) | 45 (20) | ||
| Multiple Reported Races | 0 (0) | 4 (2) | ||
| Don't Know/Refused | 11 (8) | 16 (7) | ||
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 (10) | 18 (8) | 0.39 | |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 115 (86) | 202 (90) | ||
| Don’t Know/ Refused | 5 (4) | 4 (2) | ||
| Admission Comorbidities, N (%) | ||||
| Myocardial Infarction | 3 (2) | 11 (5) | 0.21 | |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 28 (21) | 62 (28) | 0.16 | |
| Peripheral Vascular Disease | 9 (7) | 17 (8) | 0.77 | |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 3 (2) | 2 (1) | 0.29 | |
| Dementia | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | |
| Chronic Pulmonary Disease | 22 (17) | 63 (28) | 0.01 | |
| Rheumatic Disease | 12 (9) | 16 (7) | 0.52 | |
| Peptic Ulcer Disease | 9 (7) | 1 (<1) | <0.01 | |
| Liver Disease | 19 (14) | 13 (6) | <0.01 | |
| Diabetes | 42 (32) | 68 (48) | <0.01 | |
| Hemiplegia/Paraplegia | 1 (1) | 6 (3) | 0.2 | |
| Renal Disease | 23 (17) | 47 (21) | 0.4 | |
| Cancer | 18 (14) | 26 (12) | 0.59 | |
| Aids/HIV | 1 (1) | 2 (1)) | 0.89 | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, N (%) | ||||
| 0 | 37 (28) | 60 (27) | 0.59 | |
| 1–2 | 61 (46) | 90 (40) | ||
| 3–4 | 25 (19) | 53 (24) | ||
| ≥5 | 10 (7) | 21 (9) | ||
| Hospital Length of Stay | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 9 ± 9 | 7 ± 6 | 0.16 | |
| Median (IQR) | 6 (3–12) | 5 (3–9) | ||
| Hemoglobin Measures, g/dL | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 8.0 ± 0.9 | 8.7 ± 0.8 | <0.001 | |
| Nadir ± SD | 6.4 ± 1.0 | 7.9 ± 0.8 | <0.001 | |
| Baseline FACIT Fatigue Score, Range 0–52 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 27 ± 14 | 28 ± 14 | 0.24 | |
| Median (IQR) | 27 (16–38) | 29 (18–39) | ||
| Baseline FACIT Fatigue Score Quintile, N (%) | ||||
| Quintile | Range | |||
| 1 (Low Fatigue) | 41–52 | 25 (19) | 58 (26) | 0.48 |
| 2 | 32–40 | 29 (22) | 37 (16) | |
| 3 | 24–31 | 25 (19) | 45 (20) | |
| 4 | 15–23 | 24 (18) | 40 (18) | |
| 5 (High Fatigue) | 0–14 | 30 (22) | 44 (20) | |