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Table 3 Comparison between the three groups (non-anemic, asymptomatic and symptomatic anemic patients) regarding number of affected hemodynamic parameters using cutoff values of ROC curves

From: Hemodynamically significant anemia as an indication of transfusion in preterm infants

 

Cases (anaemic)

Control(non-anemic)

Asymptomatic Patients

Symptomatic Patients

Affected Parameters

0

11

0

0

1

12

2

1

2

11

4

3

3

1

5

11

4

1

1

9

 

Cases (anaemic)

χ2test

P

Control (nonanemic)

Asymptomatic Patients

Symptomatic Patients

Model-I: Affected Parameters

≤ 1

23 a

2b

1b

24.622

< 0.001*

63.9%

16.7%

4.2%

> 1

13a

10b

23b

36.1%

83.3%

95.8%

Model-II: Affected Parameters

≤ 2

34 a

6b

4b

37.403

< 0.001*

94.4%

50.0%

16.7%

> 2

2a

6b

20b

5.6%

50.0%

83.3%

  1. χ2: Chi-square test
  2. p: p-value for comparing between the three studied groups
  3. *: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
  4. In each row: different letters are significant