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Table 2 Location of thrombosis by age group in patients with first-time VTE

From: Incidence of venous thromboembolism in northern Sweden (VEINS): a population-based study

Disorder and location

All (n = 281)

18-64 years (n = 92)

65-79 years (n = 100)

80 years and up (n = 89)

Deep vein thrombosis

132 (47.0)

45 (48.9)

47 (47.0)

40 (44.9)

Iliac DVTa

52 (39.4)

8 (17.8)

20 (42.6)

24 (60.0)

Femoropopliteal DVTa

46 (34.8)

21 (46.7)

14 (29.8)

11 (27.5)

Calf DVTa

20 (15.2)

9 (20.0)

8 (17.0)

3 (7.5)

Muscular DVTa

5 (3.8)

3 (6.7)

1 (2.1)

1 (2.5)

Upper extremity DVTa

9 (6.8)

4 (8.9)

4 (8.5)

1 (2.5)

Pulmonary embolism

135 (48.0)

40 (43.5)

48 (48.0)

47 (52.8)

Right side PEb

36 (26.7)

7 (17.5)

16 (33.3)

13 (27.7)

Left side PEb

11 (8.1)

2 (5.0)

4 (8.3)

5 (10.6)

Bilateral PEb

74 (54.8)

26 (65.0)

21 (43.8)

27 (57.4)

Unknown location of PEb

14 (10.4)

5 (12.5)

7 (14.6)

2 (4.3)

VTE in another location

14 (5.0)

7 (7.6)

5 (5.0)

2 (2.2)

Abdominal VTEc

7 (50.0)

3 (42.9)

4 (80.0)

0 (0)

Central nervous system VTEc

7 (50.0)

4 (57.1)

1 (20.0)

2 (100.0)

  1. Values represent n (%) for each group. DVT = deep vein thrombosis, PE = pulmonary embolism, VTE = venous thromboembolism. Bold lettering indicates the type of embolism, and the list below indicates the specific locations for each type of embolism.
  2. a = Number and percentage of patients with DVT.
  3. b = Number and percentage of patients with PE.
  4. c = Number and percentage of patients with VTE in another location.