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Table 4 Classification of risk factors for venous thrombosis at baseline

From: Rivaroxaban versus standard anticoagulation for acute venous thromboembolism in childhood. Design of the EINSTEIN-Jr phase III study

 

Subgroup

Requirement

Provoked by persistent risk factor

 Active cancer – n (%)

• Hematologic malignancies

• Solid tumors

Diagnosed, or treated within 3 months, or presence of metastases

 Major organ disease – n (%)

• Cardiac

• Gastrointestinal

• Renal

• Neurological

Exclude major infectious disease

 Major congenital venous anomaly – n (%)

 

Venous anomaly in relation to location of index event

 Known inherited thrombophilia – n (%)

• Antithrombin, protein C or protein S deficiency

• Factor V Leiden, or prothrombin mutation

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

At baseline or confirmed after randomization

Acquired thrombophilia – n (%)

 

Antiphospholipid syndrome. At baseline or confirmed after randomization

Family history of venous thrombosis – n (%)

 

First degree (parent or sibling)

Morbid obesity – n (%)

 

Body mass index > 35 kg/m2

Provoked by transient risk factor

 Major surgery – n (%)

 

Timeframe: within 1 month

 Major trauma – n (%)

 

Timeframe: within 1 month

 Major infectious disease – n (%)

• Systemic

• Local

Timeframe: within 1 month

Local infection in anatomical relation with index event

 Prolonged immobilization – n (%)

 

Timeframe: within 1 month

Duration immobilization > 1 week

 Central venous catheter – n (%)

 

Timeframe: within 1 month

Location of index event related to central venous catheter

 Use of estrogens or progestins – n (%)

  

 Puerperium– n (%)

 

Puerperium ends 6 weeks after birth

Etiology of index venous thrombosis

 Unprovoked – n (%)

 Provoked by persistent risk factor – n (%)

 Provoked by transient risk factor – n (%)

 Provoked by persistent and transient risk factor – n (%)

  

Number of risk factors – n (%)

 0

 1

 ≥2