Table 2: Levels of 65,328 laboratory haemoglobin measurements in cardiac surgery patients divided on sex together with preoperative and lowest values of individual patients (obtained 2008 to 2015).

Hb Level mmol/L All measurements Individual patients
Male Female Preoperative Lowest
< 4.3 0.6% 0.3% 0.2% 6.6%
4.3-4.9 2.1% 1.6% 0.3% 13.6%
5.0-5.5 8.6% 6.8% 0.7% 18.0%
5.6-7.2 45.0% 47.5% 14.0% 41.6%
7.3-9.5 40.4% 40.5% 71.0% 19.3%
9.6-10.3 3.3% 3.3% 12.0% 0.9%
10.4+ 0.6% 0.7% 1.8%