Table 1.
Comparison of the demographic data between the groups.
| TXA (n = 96) |
Tourniquet (n = 74) |
Total |
P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 20 | (20.83) | 15 | (20.27) | 35 | (20.59) | .928b |
| Female | 76 | (79.17) | 59 | (79.73) | 135 | (79.41) | |
| Side | |||||||
| Right | 55 | (57.29) | 40 | (54.05) | 95 | (55.88) | .673b |
| Left | 41 | (42.71) | 34 | (45.95) | 75 | (44.12) | |
| Agea | 66.12 ± 8.78 | 66.00 | 65.34 ± 7.94 | 66.00 | 65.78 ± 8.41 | 66.00 | .547c |
| BMIa | 32.72 ± 5.73 | 32.00 | 32.83 ± 5.80 | 32.22 | 32.77 ± 5.75 | 32.05 | .863d |
| BMD g/cm2a | 1.006 ± 0.196 | 0.982 | 1.004 ± 0.186 | 1.002 | 1.005 ± 0.188 | 0.994 | .978c |
BMD, bone mineral density; BMI, body mass index; TXA, tranexamic acid.
a
Instead of n, mean ± SD, and instead of %, median values are given.
b
Chi-square test.
c
Student’s t-test.
d
Mann-Whitney U test.