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Table 2 Aim 1: ex vivo and in vivo thrombin generation compared between patients with lower-leg injury and controls

From: Enhanced in vivo and ex vivo thrombin generation after lower-leg trauma, but not after knee arthroscopy

 

Mean (SD)a

Mean difference/ratio (95%CI)a

Adj. mean difference/ratio (95%CI)a,b

Adj. mean difference/ratio (95%CI)a,c

Patients with lower-leg injury

Control subjects

Thrombin generation

(N = 89)

(N = 88)

   

 ETP (nM IIa * min)

566.0 (202.2)

451.4 (239.4)

114.6 (48.8 to 180.3)

120.0 (55.0 to 185.1)

149.7 (67.7 to 231.6)

 Thrombin peak (nM)

152.3 (59.4)

117.3 (67.4)

35.0 (16.1 to 53.8)

36.6 (17.8 to 55.3)

44.8 (21.1 to 68.5)

 Lag time (min)

2.0 (0.5)

2.1 (0.6)

-0.1 (-0.3 to 0.0)

-0.1 (-0.3 to 0.0)

-0.1 (-0.3 to 0.1)

 Velocity index (nM/min)

72.8 (33.8)

55.7 (37.5)

17.0 (6.4 to 27.6)

18.0 (7.4 to 28.6)

22.9 (9.4 to 36.4)

In vivo markers

(N = 66)

(N = 28)

   

 TAT complexes (ug/L)a

5.7 (4.8 to 6.7)a

2.3 (2.1 to 2.5)a

2.5 (1.9 to 3.2)a

2.3 (1.7 to 3.0)a

2.3 (1.7 to 3.1)a

 Prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (pmol/L)a

260.7 (231.2 to 294.0)a

242.7 (218.6 to 269.3)a

1.1 (0.9 to 1.3)a

1.0 (0.8 to 1.2)a

1.0 (0.8 to 1.3)a

 Fibrinopeptide A (ng/mL)

143.9 (91.5)

95.1 (64.3)

48.8 (11.0 to 86.7)

43.8 (5.9 to 81.8)

57.2 (14.5 to 99.9)

  1. aThis symbol and italics indicate geometric means (with 95%CIs) and mean ratios in case of ln-retransformation due to skewed data
  2. bAdjusted for age, sex, BMI and comorbidities
  3. cAdjusted for age, sex, BMI, comorbidities and time of blood sampling (diurnal variation)