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Table 1 Characteristics of Patients

From: Platelet count on preoperative day 1 predicts the long-term responses to laparoscopic splenectomy for Chinese patients with medically refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Factors

Overall (n = 78)

CR + R (n = 65)

NR (n = 13)

P *

Gender (Female/Male)

44/34 (56.4%/43.6%)

36/29 (55.4%/44.6%)

8/5 (61.5%/38.5%)

0.683

Age, yr., median, (range)

43.8 (14.2~ 77.5)

42.7 (14.2–69.0)

49.4 (35.0–77.5)

0.013

Duration of disease, yr., median (range)

12 (6–132)

18 (6–78)

4 (1–132)

0.370

Response to corticosteroid (yes:no)

58:20

50:15

8:5

0.246

PLT count, 109/L, median (range)

 PRD 1

44.0 (4.0–394.0)

47.0 (22.0–394.0)

21.0 (4.0–138.0)

0.001

 POD 1

93.0 (21.0–415.0)

94.0 (59–415.0)

88.0 (21.0–156.0)

0.681

 POD 3

195.0 (112.0–422.0)

198.0 (112.0–422.0)

188.0 (123.0–415.0)

0.503

 POD 7

250.0 (189.0–592.0)

250.0 (189.0–592.0)

244.0 (191.0–514.0)

0.489

Operative time, minutes, median (range)

146.0 (65.0~ 280.0)

165.0 (65.0–201.0)

139.0 (110.0–189.0)

0.305

Intraoperative blood loss, ml, median (range)

200 (10–1200)

200 (10–650)

280 (50–1200)

0.006

Accessory spleen (yes: no)

6:72

6:59

0:13

0.583

Peroerpative complications (yes:no)

7:71

5:60

2:11

0.056

  1. Abbreviations: CR: complete response; R: response; NR: no response; PLT: platelet; PRD: preoperative day; POD: postoperative day
  2. *P value comparison: CR + R vs NR. Data in bold represents P < 0.05