Risk of venous thromboembolic disease and adequacy of prophylaxis in hospitalized patients in Argentina: a multicentric cross-sectional study

Table 3 Variables evaluated with multiple logistic regression model for appropriate prophylaxis

Variable	OR	CI 95%
Age	0.99	0.99-1.01
Length of stay	1.01	0.783-1.31
History of VTD	1.25	0.52-3.03
Active cancer	0.63	0.47-0.83
Major orthopedic surgery	5.80	2.05-16.43
APER (>70%)	1.15	0.89-1.49
Number of beds (>150)	0.74	0.57-0.95
Residency	1.20	0.88-1.63
Contraindication for pharmacological prophylaxis	0.34	0.24-0.47

OR: odds ratio; CI 95%: confidence interval; VTD: venous thromboembolic disease; APER: proportion of Admitted Patients with Elevated Risk > 70%.

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