The risk of venous thromboembolism associated with peripherally inserted central catheters in ambulant cancer patients

Table 2 Logistic regression model of factors with potential predictive value indicated by exploratory survival analyses

Variable	PICC related DVT		Distant VTE		All VTE
Variable	Odds Ratio (95%CI)	p	Odds Ratio (95%CI)	p	Odds Ratio (95%CI)	p
Male	0.97 (0.41,2.28)	0.94	3.82 (1.34,10.87)	0.01*	2.03 (1.04,3.93)	0.04*
Age (cont.)	1.01 (0.98,1.05)	0.54	0.97 (0.93,1.01)	0.24	0.99 (0.96,1.02)	0.53
More than one insertion attempt	2.61 (1.12,6.05)	0.03*	0.69 (0.22,2.16)	0.53	1.53 (0.76,3.06)	0.22
Catheter repositioning	1.29 (0.57,2.96)	0.54	1.44 (0.61,3.41)	0.41	1.25 (0.86,2.35)	0.47
Current anticoagulation	1.16 (0.31,4.39)	0.82	0.22 (0.02,1.74)	0.21	0.54 (0.17,1.68)	0.15
White Cell Count	1.10 (0.95,1.28)	0.19	1.14 (0.96,1.34)	0.13	1.12 (1.00,1.26)	0.04*
Fluropyrimidine containing chemotherapy	4.27 (1.30,14.07)	0.02*	7.77 (0.95,63.3)	0.06	4.54 (1.63,12.61)	0.01*
Bevacizumab containing chemotherapy	Not applicable	Not applicable	0.57 (0.12,2.65)	0.48	0.25 (0.06,1.08)	0.06

DVT deep vein thrombosis, PICC peripherally inserted central catheter, VTE vascular thromboembolism, CI confidence interval
* = P <0.05 statistically significant

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