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All received either WB or CT within four hours of emergency department arrival. We assessed the effect of WB versus CT by examining key clinical parameters and performing an effect decomposition analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 34,476 patients, 9023 (29%) received WB, while 25,453 (71%) received CT alone. Across the entire cohort, there was no statistically significant difference in adjusted odds of 24\u2010h mortality (aOR 0.85 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.73\u20131.01], <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.052). However, patients presenting with hypotension showed lower unadjusted and adjusted odds of death when given WB, including those with systolic blood pressure (SBP) below 90\u2009mmHg (aOR 0.72 [95% CI 0.55\u20130.96], <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02) and 70\u2009mmHg (aOR 0.64 [95% CI 0.45\u20130.91], <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.01).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings suggest that the effectiveness of whole blood (WB) is influenced by several clinical characteristics. Arrival hypotension appears to play a key role, accounting for 13% of the mortality difference observed with WB versus CT. 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