Table 2.

Prevalence of hypertension in ITP patients with and without splenectomy over a 10-year period

Hypertension	ITP & Splenectomy	ITP & no Splenectomy	P-value	Odds Ratio (C.I)
2005	28.80%	28.50%	0.85	1.02 (0.85-1.22)
2006	33.90%	29.40%	0.03	1.23 (1.02-1.49)
2007	33.30%	30.10%	0.12	1.16 (0.96-1.41)
2008	32.00%	32.00%	0.99	1.00 (0.81-1.23)
2009	34.00%	31.50%	0.28	1.12 (0.91-1.38)
2010	35.60%	30.70%	0.04	1.25 (1.02-1.53)
2011	34.80%	31.80%	0.2	1.14 (0.93-1.39)
2012	37.40%	31.50%	0.02	1.30 (1.05-1.61)
2013	34.00%	32.20%	0.48	1.09 (0.87-1.37)
2014	29.00%	31.70%	0.34	0.88 (0.68-1.14)