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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants at baseline

From: A cross-sectional, multicenter, observational study to assess the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in Lebanese and Jordanian hospitals

Variables

Patients (N = 704)

Age in years, mean (SD)

54.96 (17.5)

Male, No. (%)

340 (48.3%)

Weight in kg, mean (SD)

75.72 (13.4)

Height in cm, mean (SD

165.96 (9.3)

BMI in kg/m2, mean (SD)

27.47 (4.8)

Systolic blood pressure in mmHg, mean (SD)

124.1 (15.4)

Diastolic blood pressure in mmHg, mean (SD)

73.75 (9.7)

Pulse rate in beat/min, mean (SD)

81.38 (12.5)

Temperature in C, mean (SD)

36.87 (0.46)

Hypertension, No. (%)

245 (34.8)

Diabetes, No. (%)

159 (22.6)

History of other chronic illness, No. (%) a

503 (71.4)

Cause of admission, No. (%)

 - Medical Causes

246 (34.94%)

 - Surgical Causes

449 (63.78%)

 - Medical and Surgical Causes

9 (1.28%)

Type of Surgery, No. (%)

 - Open

327 (46.45%)

 - Laparoscopic

131 (18.61%)

Hospital Stay in days, mean (SD)

5.83 (8.4)

Risk factors for VTE, No. (%)

 - Surgical risk

391 (55.5%)

 - Medical risk

221 (31.4%)

 - Medical and surgical risk

4 (0.6%)

Surgical risk factors for VTE, No. (%)

 - Obesity

237 (33.7)

 - Age > 60 years old

117 (16.7%)

 - Laparoscopic Surgery (> 45 Min)

59 (8.38)

 - Other factorsa

523 (74.3)

Degree of surgical risk factors for VTE, No. (%)

 - Low

162 (23.1)

 - Moderate

109 (15.48)

 - High

86 (12.22)

 - Highest

38 (5.4)

Medical risk factors for VTE, No. (%)

 - Elderly Age (≥ 70 Years)

94 (13.35)

 - Reduced Mobility (At Least 72 h)

93 (13.2)

 - Obesity

86 (12.22)

 - Other factors

181 (25.7%)

Risk factors associated with increased bleeding, No. (%)

60 (8.5)

Risk factors associated with Mechanical Prophylaxis

25 (3.6%)

  1. VTE Venous thromboembolism, SD Standard deviation
  2. aPatient may have more than one chronic condition