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From: Blood transfusion during cardiac surgery is associated with inflammation and coagulation in the lung: a case control study

Figure 2

Boxplots showing markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis in the bronchoalveolar fluid of cardiac surgery patients. (a) TATc, thrombin-antithrombin complexes. **P < 0.01. (b) *P < 0.05. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05. (c) PAA %, plasminogen activator activity percentage; Non, nontransfused (n = 17); Restrictive, 1 or 2 units of blood transfused (n = 18); Multiple, ≥ 5 units of blood transfused (n = 10). ***P < 0.001. (d) PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1. ***P < 0.001. Nonparametric tests were used for analysis for TATc and PAI-1, and a parametric test was used for analysis of PAA %. Boxplots: the lower hinge defined as the 25th percentile, middle as 50th percentile and upper hinge as the 75th percentile. Whiskers define lowest and highest observation.

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