Table 2.
Fish oil (n=758) |
Placebo (n=758) |
OR or RR† (95% CI) |
P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BARC type 4 or 5 bleeding, No (%) | 42 (5.51) | 50 (6.61) | 0.81 (0.53, 1.24) | 0.34 |
TIMI major bleeding, No (%) | 31 (4.12) | 42 (5.51) | 0.71 (0.44, 1.14) | 0.16 |
TIMI minor bleeding, No (%) | 54 (7.11) | 59 (7.81) | 0.89 (0.60, 1.30) | 0.55 |
ISTH surgical bleeding, No (%) | 45 (5.92) | 54 (7.10) | 0.80 (0.53, 1.21) | 0.30 |
24-hr chest tube output, ml, median (IQR) | 388 (330) | 370 (300) | 0.48 | |
Total units of blood transfused, mean (SD) | 1.61 (2.62) | 1.92 (3.33) | 0.83 (0.77, 0.90) | <0.001 |
median (25th, 75th percentile) | 1.00 (0, 2.00) | 1.00 (0, 3.00) | ||
Total units during surgery, mean (SD) | 0.80 (1.51) | 1.00 (1.80) | 0.84 (0.76, 0.94) | 0.002 |
median (25th, 75th percentile) | 0 (0, 2.00) | 0 (0, 2.00) | ||
Total units after surgery, mean (SD) | 0.81 (1.82) | 0.92 (2.13) | 0.85 (0.76, 0.95) | 0.006 |
median (25th, 75th percentile) | 0 (0, 1.00) | 0 (0, 1.00) |
Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; RR, rate ratio; CI, confidence interval; BARC, Bleeding Academic Research Consortium; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation;
The first four estimates are odds ratios; the remainder, rate ratios.