Table 4 Basic facts on patients whose treatment was continued vs. those whose treatment was discontinued.
From: Anticoagulant treatment at a specialized outpatient anticoagulant therapy unit, a descriptive study
Continued (n = 492) | Discontinued (n = 90) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Min | Max | Mean (SD) | Min | Max | p | |
Age on October 15, 2002 (years) | 72.4 (11.0) | 20.4 | 94.7 | 71.2 (15.1) | 20.6 | 92.6 | 0.370 |
Age at start of treatment (years) | 68.2 (11.8) | 17.2 | 89.1 | 66.1 (16.1) | 13.7 | 89.7 | 0.149 |
Duration of treatment (years) | 4.2 (3.6) | 0.0 | 23.5 | 5.1 (4.5) | 0.1 | 19.0 | 0.044 |
Mean target (INR) | 2.5 (0.1) | 1.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 (0.1) | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.249 |