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Table 1 General characteristics and deep venous thrombosis risk factors

From: Should we look for silent pulmonary embolism in patients with deep venous thrombosis?

 

All

S-PE

No S-PE

OR

p

Age (yr)

61.5 (19)

61.2 (19.4)

60.1 (18.8)

1.12 (-6.83-9.07)

0.78

Males

59 (57%)

42 (61.8%)

17 (48.6%)

0.59 (0.26-1.13)

0.22

Risk factors

     

Venous*

22 (21.4%)

13 (19.1%)

9 (25.7%)

0.68 (0.26-1.80)

0.45

Hypertension

46 (44.7%)

30 (44.1%)

16 (45.7%)

0.94 (0.41-2.13)

1

Type 2 diabetes

18 (17.5%)

13 (19.1%)

5 (14.3%)

1.41 (0.46-4.36)

0.60

Dyslipidemia

30 (29.1%)

19 (27.2%)

11 (31.4%)

0.84 (0.35-2.06)

0.82

DVT location

     

Ileo-femoral

92 (89.3%)

62 (91.2%)

30 (85.7%)

0.58 (0.17-2.56)

0.50

Poplitea

11 (10.7%)

6 (8.8%)

5 (14.3%)

  

DVT lateratity

     

Right leg

46 (44.7%)

28 (41.2%)

18 (51.4%)

1.5 (0.66-3.43)

0.40

Left leg

57 (55.3%)

40 (58.8%)

17 (48.6%)

  

Bilateral

5 (4.9%)

5 (7.4%)

0

0.64 (0.55-0.74)

0.16

  1. S-PE Silent Pulmonary Embolism; *Venous risk factors (VRF) at least one of the following: immobilization, two months previous surgery, hormone therapy.