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TableĀ 1 Demographic characteristics of patients who underwent TKA

From: Comparison of the effect of combined administration of intravenous and intra-articular tranexamic acid versus their administration alone in the management of blood loss in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective, multicenter study in Iran

Variable

Group

P-value

IV group (nā€‰=ā€‰108)

IA group (nā€‰=ā€‰92)

Combined group (nā€‰=ā€‰86)

Gender

Ā Ā Ā 

0.53

ā€ƒā€¢ Male

15(13.9%)

9(9.7%)

9(10.5%)

ā€ƒā€¢ Female

93(86.1%)

83(90.3%)

77(89.5%)

Age (year)

69.21ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.9

70.01ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.6

68.55ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.22

0.46

Body mass index (Kg/m2)

28.25ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.1

28.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.88

27.56ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.55

0.52

Diabetes mellitus

Ā Ā Ā 

0.26

ā€ƒā€¢ Yes

19 (17.6%)

15 (16.3%%)

13 (15.1%)

ā€ƒā€¢ No

89 (82.4%)

77 (83.7%)

73 (84.9%)

Hypertension

Ā Ā Ā 

0.33

ā€ƒā€¢ Yes

26 (24.07%)

23 (25%%)

20 (23.3%)

ā€ƒā€¢ No

82 (75.93%)

69 (75%)

66 (76.7%)

Smoking

Ā Ā Ā 

0.28

ā€ƒā€¢ Yes

27 (25%)

26 (26.1%%)

23(26.7%)

ā€ƒā€¢ No

81 (75%)

66(73.9%)

63 (73.3%)

Prosthesis type

Ā Ā Ā 

0.88

ā€ƒā€¢ CR

61(56.5%)

54(58.7%)

49(57%)

ā€ƒā€¢ PS

47(43.5%)

38(41.3%)

37(43%)

  1. IV Intravenous, IA Intra-articular, CR Cruciate retaining, PS Posterior stabilized
  2. Assuming normality, ANOVA test was used and in case of non-normality, Kruskalā€“Wallis test was used to compare the variables in three groups