Table 1

Patient characteristics and associations with bleeding score

Univariate association with bleeding scoreAssociation with bleeding score adjusted for platelet count
ParameterN, Mean or MedianPOR per unit or 1 SD (95% CI)POR per unit or 1 SD (95% CI)
Gender Female, n = 26 .0180 Female vs male; 3.35 (1.23-9.13) .1137 — 
Male, n = 31 
Age (y) 9.9 ± 5.4 .5260 — — — 
Ethnicity Not Hispanic, n = 39 .4107 — — — 
Hispanic, n = 7 
Unknown, n = 11 
Platelet count (× 109/L) 59 (IQR 14-125)* .0080 0.925 (0.874-0.980) — — 
ITP duration New (<3 mo), n = 20 .0024 New vs chronic; 8.26 (2.51-27.2) .0002 New vs chronic; 16.2 (4.29-61.0) 
Persistent (3-12 mo), n = 9 
Chronic (>12 mo), n = 28 
Diagnosis Primary (n = 47), Evans (n = 7), Non-Evans Secondary (n = 3) .0222 Primary vs Evans; 18.9 (2.03-175) — — 
Medical treatment Any (n = 25) vs .5933 — — — 
None (n = 32) 
Steroids (n = 15) vs .7923 — — — 
Not steroids, n = 42 
Antecedent viral illness No, n = 29 vs .0919 — — — 
Yes, n = 18 
Unknown, n = 10 
Univariate association with bleeding scoreAssociation with bleeding score adjusted for platelet count
ParameterN, Mean or MedianPOR per unit or 1 SD (95% CI)POR per unit or 1 SD (95% CI)
Gender Female, n = 26 .0180 Female vs male; 3.35 (1.23-9.13) .1137 — 
Male, n = 31 
Age (y) 9.9 ± 5.4 .5260 — — — 
Ethnicity Not Hispanic, n = 39 .4107 — — — 
Hispanic, n = 7 
Unknown, n = 11 
Platelet count (× 109/L) 59 (IQR 14-125)* .0080 0.925 (0.874-0.980) — — 
ITP duration New (<3 mo), n = 20 .0024 New vs chronic; 8.26 (2.51-27.2) .0002 New vs chronic; 16.2 (4.29-61.0) 
Persistent (3-12 mo), n = 9 
Chronic (>12 mo), n = 28 
Diagnosis Primary (n = 47), Evans (n = 7), Non-Evans Secondary (n = 3) .0222 Primary vs Evans; 18.9 (2.03-175) — — 
Medical treatment Any (n = 25) vs .5933 — — — 
None (n = 32) 
Steroids (n = 15) vs .7923 — — — 
Not steroids, n = 42 
Antecedent viral illness No, n = 29 vs .0919 — — — 
Yes, n = 18 
Unknown, n = 10 

P values are for Wald χ square; P < .05 was considered significant.

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Platelet count is given as median and IQR.

OR and 95% CI are for each increase in platelet count of 10 × 109/L.

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