Table 1: Patient demographics for the IDA and Non-IDA groups.
|
|
IDA (n = 214) |
Non-IDA (n = 306) |
p-value |
|
Age, yr |
39.2 (6.2) |
41.3 (5.8) |
P < 0.001* |
|
Weight, kg |
78.1 (17.2) |
75.9 (17.7) |
P = 0.156 |
|
BMI, kg/m2 |
28.8 (6.3) |
28.6 (5.9) |
P = 0.642 |
|
Ethnicity, n (% across) |
|
|
P < 0.001* |
|
Asian |
13 (6.1) |
32 (10.5) |
|
|
Black |
128 (59.8) |
105 (34.3) |
|
|
Other |
35 (16.4) |
57 (18.6) |
|
|
White |
36 (16.8) |
105 (34.3) |
|
|
ASA classification, n (% across) |
|
|
P < 0.001* |
|
1 |
24 (11.2) |
75 (24.5) |
|
|
2 |
174 (81.3) |
215 (70.3) |
|
|
3 |
16 (7.5) |
16 (5.2) |
|
ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists; BMI: Body Mass Index; IDA: Iron Deficiency Anaemia