Table 1: Transfusion amounts (units) in adult acute leukemia patients who survived beyond 100 days (n = 85).
|
Subgroups |
N |
Packed red blood cell |
Platelets pheresis |
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|
Median |
95% C.I. |
Median |
95% C.I. |
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|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Female |
34 |
32.0 |
43.5-117.0 |
35.5 |
38.7-115.2 |
|
Male |
51 |
34.0 |
46.9-107.8 |
29.5 |
41.4-112.4 |
|
Age, years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
< 60 |
59 |
26.0 |
28.3-58.5 |
27.0 |
30.9-66.8 |
|
60 |
26 |
132.0* |
100.0-216.3 |
65.5* |
69.9-211.4 |
|
Leukemia type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ALL |
14 |
36.5 |
23.4-58.2 |
28.4 |
17.1-68.2 |
|
AML |
71 |
34.0 |
58.9-113.0 |
35.5 |
53.4-114.0 |
*P- value < 0.05 by the Mann-Whitney U test, C.I.: Confidence Interval; AML: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; ALL: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, One unit of packed red blood cells is obtained from 250 mL of whole blood by removing the plasma by centrifugation in Taiwan.