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Table 4 Risk Factors for Postoperative Blood Transfusion in Patients Undergoing HTO Surgery

From: Re-evaluating the necessity of routine laboratory tests after high tibial osteotomy surgery

Risk factor

odds ratio

95 % confidence interval

P value

Sex

2.819

0.339–23.453

0.338

BMI

0.584

0.404–0.845

0.004

Preoperative hb level

1.205

1.096–1.325

p < 0.001

Estimated blood loss

0.991

0.986–0.996

p < 0.001

Operative time

0.976

0.955–0.997

0.024

  1. BMI body mass index, HTO high tibial osteotomy