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Table 1 Demographic and perioperative characteristics

From: Topical administration of tranexamic acid reduces postoperative blood loss and inflammatory response in knee arthroscopic arthrolysis: a retrospective comparative study

Variables

TXA group (n = 47)

Control group (n = 40)

P-value

Demographic characteristics

   

 Age (yr)

40.21 ± 11.14

37.78 ± 8.39

0.259

 Sex (male/female)

33/14

31/9

0.442

 Side (left/right)

22/25

19/21

0.949

 Height (m)

1.68 ± 0.07

1.71 ± 0.09

0.091

 Weight (kg)

68.32 ± 12.33

69.83 ± 9.22

0.527

 BMI (kg/m2)

24.15 ± 3.40

23.88 ± 1.87

0.653

 Cause (injury/surgery)

30/17

26/14

0.910

 Duration of limitation (mo)

12.74 ± 8.35

15.28 ± 9.98

0.201

Preoperative laboratory values

   

 Hb (g/L)

147.83 ± 11.95

150.55 ± 10.36

0.264

 Hct (%)

44.15 ± 3.17

44.85 ± 2.86

0.285

 CRP (mg/L)

2.08 ± 1.07

1.96 ± 0.80

0.565

 IL-6 (pg/mL)

2.37 ± 1.34

2.22 ± 0.96

0.936

Preoperative knee condition

   

 ROM in the clinic (°)

54.89 ± 31.75

56.13 ± 24.66

0.842

 ROM under anesthesia (°)

60.64 ± 32.56

61.25 ± 25.03

0.653

 VAS pain score

8.09 ± 7.11

7.75 ± 7.33

0.830

 Lysholm knee score

62.66 ± 12.35

65.28 ± 13.16

0.342

Surgical data

   

 Operative time (min)

56.89 ± 13.18

52.93 ± 10.27

0.126

 Intraoperative ROM (°)

126.70 ± 10.44

124.63 ± 12.11

0.393

  1. BMI Body mass index, Hb Hemoglobin, Hct Hematocrit, CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 Interleukin-6, ROM Range of motion, VAS Visual analog scale.