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Table 3 Descriptive analysis and Comparison of Secondary Outcomes

From: Preoperative moderate thrombocytopenia is not associated with increased blood loss for low-risk cesarean section: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

Thrombocytopenic Group (n = 155)

Control Group (n = 310)

Estimate (OR or mean difference)

95% CI

p value

Blood transfusion

5 (3.2%)

7 (2.3%)

1.55

0.43–5.58

0.505

Visually estimated blood loss

315.8 ± 150.0

297.6 ± 126.6

18.23

−7.07-43.52

0.158

Hemostatic therapy

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

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/

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Adverse event

2 (1.3%)

2 (0.65%)

2.00

0.28–14.20

0.488

ICU stay

12 (7.7%)

2 (0.65%)

12.00

2.69–53.62

0.001a

Length of hospital stay

3 [3,4]

3 [3,4]

0.40

0.09–0.71

0.011a

All-cause mortality

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

/

/

/

  1. Abbreviations: ICU intensive care unit, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval;
  2. Continuous data was expressed as mean (SD) (normally distributed data) or median (quartiles) (non-normally distributed data. Categorical data was expressed as number (percentage). Visually estimated blood loss and the length of postoperative hospital stay was compared by mixed-effect model. Other parameters were compared by conditional logistic regression. a Significant difference