Table 1.
Patients’ demographic features and baseline laboratory values in the present study. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) for numerical variable or as frequency (with number and percentage) for categorical variables
| Variable | Intra-Venous TXA (N=49) | Intra-Articular TXA (N=49) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic features | Age (year) | 69.6 ± 8.9 | 69.5 ± 6.5 | 0.965 ┼ | ||
| Weight (kg) | 81.7 ± 18.1 | 77.4 ± 9.5 | 0.434 ץ | |||
| Height (m) | 157.7 ± 14.5 | 158.1 ± 9.6 | 0.835 ץ | |||
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 31.2 ± 4.4 | 30.6 ± 3.9 | 0.485 ┼ | |||
| Sex, Female vs. Male | 40 (91%) vs. 4 (9%) | 49 (92%) vs. 4 (8%) | 0.534 § | |||
| Side, Right vs. Left | 23 (52%) vs. 21 (48%) | 26 (49%) vs. 27 (51%) | 0.456 § | |||
| Laboratory | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 13.3 ± 1.3 | 13.0 ± 1.3 | 0.249 ┼ | ||
| Hematocrit (%) | 40.3 ± 3.6 | 39.3 ± 4.0 | 0.179 ┼ | |||
┼ t test, ץ Mann-Whitney U test, and § Fisher‘s exact test