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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics – treated set

From: Dabigatran etexilate for thromboprophylaxis in over 5000 hip or knee replacement patients in a real-world clinical setting

 

THR

TKR

P valuea

Total

Treated, n

2734

2558

 

5292

Male, n (%)

1293 (47.3)

938 (36.7)

<0.0001

2231 (42.2)

Age (years), mean (SD)

60.8 (10.22)

64.6 (7.50)

<0.0001

62.6 (9.20)

Age by category

  

<0.0001

 

  <65 years, n (%)

1586 (58.0)

1117 (43.7)

 

2703 (51.1)

  ≥65 years, n (%)

1148 (42.0)

1441 (56.3)

 

2589 (48.9)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

27.8 (4.74)

30.5 (5.25)

<0.0001

29.1 (5.16)

CrCl [mL/min] at visit 1, mean (SD)

109.9 (115.73)

106.1 (70.71)

0.1425

108.1 (96.57)

Medical history

 Any, n (%)

1357 (49.6)

1639 (64.1)

<0.0001

2996 (56.6)

 Hypertension, n (%)

1153 (42.2)

1448 (56.6)

<0.0001

2601 (49.1)

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

207 (7.6)

324 (12.7)

<0.0001

531 (10.0)

 Cancer, n (%)

179 (6.5)

197 (7.7)

0.1024

376 (7.1)

 Liver disease, n (%)

59 (2.2)

64 (2.5)

0.4066

123 (2.3)

 Renal disease, n (%)

44 (1.6)

73 (2.9)

0.0021

117 (2.2)

 TIA/stroke, n (%)

44 (1.6)

54 (2.1)

0.1761

98 (1.9)

 MI, n (%)

33 (1.2)

58 (2.3)

0.0030

91 (1.7)

 GI bleeding, n (%)

23 (0.8)

42 (1.6)

0.0082

65 (1.2)

 Immobilisation within the last 10 days

6 (0.2)

5 (0.2)

0.8481

11 (0.2)

Risk factor subgroups

 Active smoker, n (%)

465 (17.0)

239 (9.3)

<0.0001

704 (13.3)

 CAD, n (%)

132 (4.8)

187 (7.3)

0.0001

319 (6.0)

 CHF, n (%)

54 (2.0)

73 (2.9)

0.0369

127 (2.4)

 History of VTE, n (%)

73 (2.7)

113 (4.4)

0.0006

186 (3.5)

 Concomitant ASA, n (%)

166 (6.1)

252 (9.9)

<0.0001

418 (7.9)

 Chronic use of NSAIDs, n (%)

415 (15.2)

394 (15.4)

0.8214

809 (15.3)

  1. aIn case of continuous variables t-test is applied; for categorical variables chi-square test is applied
  2. ASA acetylsalicylic acid, BMI body mass index, CAD coronary artery disease, CHF chronic heart failure, CrCl creatinine clearance, GI gastrointestinal, MI myocardial infarction, NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, SD standard deviation, THR total hip replacement, TIA transient ischaemic attack, TKR total knee replacement, VTE venous thromboembolism