Length of hospital stay in days, mean (SD) | Length of cardiac intensive care unit stay in days, mean (SD) | ||||||
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All patients | Non-anemic | Anemic | All patients | Non-anemic | Anemic | ||
sTfR | ID | 8.5 (10.4) | 8.5 (12.9) | 7.0 (2.5) | 2.5 (8.6) | 3.1 (11.1) | 1.1 (0.6) |
IR | 6.3 (3.2) | 6.2 (3.2) | 8.4 (5.5) | 1.2 (0.9) | 1.3 (1.0) | 1.7 (2.2) | |
Difference (95% CI) | 2.2* (0.5, 3.9) | 2.4* (0.1, 4.6) | 1.4NS (−1.1, 3.9) | 1.3* (0.1, 2.5) | 1.9* (0.2, 3.6) | 0.6NS (−0.3, 1.6) | |
Ferritin | ID | 6.9 (6.6) | 6.6 (7.2) | 7.7 (4.6) | 1.7 (5.2) | 1.8 (6.0) | 1.3 (1.6) |
IR | 6.7(3.9) | 6.5 (3.9) | 7.9 (4.6) | 1.3 (1.1) | 1.2 (1.0) | 1.6 (1.9) | |
Difference (95% CI) | 0.2NS (− 1.3, 1.6) | 0.1NS (− 1.6, 1.7) | − 0.2NS (− 3.2, 2.8) | 0.4NS (− 0.7, 1.4) | 0.5NS (− 0.7, 1.8) | −0.3NS (−1.5, 0.8) |