Tranexamic Acid Reduces Total Blood Loss and Inflammatory Response in Computer-Assisted Navigation Total Knee Arthroplasty

Table 1

Baseline demographic data.

	TXA, N = 103	Control, N = 119	value
Age	69.63 ± 7.51	69.63 ± 7.73	0.999
Gender (M/F)	23/80	18/101	0.150
BMI	28.16 ± 4.59	27.60 ± 3.74	0.312
Pre-op Hb (g/dL)	12.82 ± 1.27	13.19 ± 1.34	0.039
Pre-op Hct (%)	39.11 ± 3.49	39.66 ± 3.69	0.247
Pre-op CRP (mg/dL)	2.18 ± 1.92	2.19 ± 2.37	0.978
Pre-op D-dimer (mg/L)	0.72 ± 1.12	0.63 ± 0.79	0.847
Pre-op fibrinogen (mg/dL)	287.38 ± 51.82	288.87 ± 58.51	0.989
Pre-op platelet (1000/μL)	225.71 ± 51.07	234.82 ± 56.02	0.161
Tourniquet time (min)	98.50 ± 20.84	100.47 ± 17.36	0.517
Length of hospital stay (day)	5.42 ± 1.21	6.25 ± 1.49	<0.001

Pre-op: preoperative; Hb: hemoglobin; Hct: hematocrit.