Table 1.
Demographic data for 909 adults who underwent surgery for spinal deformity.
|
Characteristic |
Not Transfused (N = 532) |
Transfused (N = 377) |
P
Value |
||
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
||
| Age, ya | 36.4 ± 23.0 | 54.8 ± 20.2 | < .0001 | ||
| BMI | 24 ± 6 | 26 ± 7 | < .0001 | ||
| ASA score | 2.3 ± 0.7 | 2.5 ± 0.6 | .004 | ||
| mFI | 0.3 ± 0.6 | 0.5 ± 0.7 | < .0001 | ||
| Preoperative hemoglobin, g/dL | 13.9 ± 1.4 | 13.3 ± 1.5 | < .0001 | ||
| Female sex | 328 | 61.7 | 281 | 74.5 | < .0001 |
| Comorbidities | |||||
| Diabetes | 29 | 5.5 | 36 | 9.5 | .02 |
| COPD | 16 | 3.0 | 22 | 5.8 | .04 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 19 | 3.6 | 31 | 8.2 | .001 |
| Osteoporosis | 21 | 3.9 | 43 | 11.4 | < .0001 |
a
Expressed as mean ± standard deviation.