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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of trial participants (N = 167)

From: Haematological and fibrinolytic status of Nigerian women with post-partum haemorrhage

 

Count (%) / Mean(SD)

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

31.9 (5.6)

Range

18–46

Time since delivery (hours)

 ≤ 3

103 (61.7%)

 > 3

64 (38.3%)

Mean (SD)

4.2 (5.4)

Type of delivery

 Vaginal

80 (47.9%)

 Caesarean section

87 (52.1%)

Delivery in randomising hospital

 Yes

128 (76.7%)

 No

39 (23.4%)

Cause of haemorrhage

 Uterine Atony

74 (44.3%)

 Surgical trauma/tears

59 (35.3%)

 Placenta praevia/accreta

21 (12.6%)

 Other

12 (7.2%)

 Unknown

1 (0.6%)

Systolic blood pressure (mm(Hg)

 < 90

31 (18.6%)

 ≥90

135 (80.8%)

 Missing

1 (0.6%)

 Mean (SD)

110 (27)

Estimated volume of blood loss (mL)

 ≤ 1000

59 (35.3%)

 > 1000

108 (64.7%)

Median (25th, 75th percentile)

1200 (1000, 2000)

Range

500–5530

Colloids given

 Yes

17 (10.2%)

 No

150 (89.8%)