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Table 1 Summary of clinical characteristics of included patients

From: Cross-sectional study of adherence to venous thromboembolism prophylaxis guidelines in hospitalized patients. The Trombo-Brit study

 

Total N=322

Surgical N=103 (32%)

Medical N=219 (68%)

Female Sex, n (%)

144 (44.7)

40 (38.8)

104 (47.5)

Age (years) †

63 ± 18.42

61.13 ±18.9

63.8 ±18.2

BMI (kg/m 2 ) †

25.9 ± 5.31

26.5 ±5.6

25.6 ±5.17

Length of stay up survey,

median (IQR)

5 (2 - 13)

4 (1 - 9)

6 (3 - 14)

Renal failure (ClCreat<30), n (%)

15 (4.75)

1 (1.01)

14 (6.45)

Risk for developing VTE, n (%)

Low

10 (3.11)

4 (3.9)

6 (2.74)

Moderate

26 (8.07)

7 (6.8)

19 (8.68)

High

228 (70.81)

38 (36.9)

190 (86.76)

 

Very high

58 (18)

54 (52.4)

4 (1.83)

  1. BMI: body mass index, ClCreat: creatinine clearence (Cockcroft), IQR: interquartile range, VTE: venous thromboembolism.
  2. † Mean ± standard deviation.