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Table 2 Characteristics of the 17 OBs

From: Effect of therapeutic versus prophylactic anticoagulation therapy on clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review with an updated meta-analysis

Author-year

Study design

Intervention

Total, n

Age, median (IQR), year

Male, %

BMI, median (IQR), kg/m2

Castelnuovo-2021 [28]

Retrospective observational study

Therapeutic (TA): no dose data

418

/

/

/

Prophylactic (PA): no dose data

983

/

/

/

Elmelhat-2020 [29]

Observational retrospective study

Therapeutic (TA): enoxaparin (1 mg/kg BID)

39

47.0 ± 10.5a

74.4

/

Prophylactic (PA): enoxaparin (40 mg QD)

20

47.7 ± 10.7a

90.0

/

Gonzalez-Porras-2021 [30]

Observational study

Therapeutic (TA): enoxaparin (1 mg/kg BID) or bemiparin (115 IU anti-Xa/kg QD)

120

76.3 ± 11.2a

59.2

28.8 ± 4.8a

Prophylactic (PA): enoxaparin (40 mg QD) or bemiparin (3500 UQD)

410

71.7 ± 14.1a

58.3

28.9 ± 5.3a

Hamad-2021 [31]

Retrospective cohort study

Therapeutic (TA): enoxaparin (1 mg/kg BID)

29

59 (51–65)

69.0

28.3 (24.8–32.4)

High-dose prophylaxis (PA): enoxaparin (40, 50 or 60 mg BID)

17

59 (46–61)

64.7

32.1 (28.4–40)

Helms-2021 [32]

Bi-center cohort study

Therapeutic (TA): LMWH (100 IU/kg/12 h)

71

64 (53–71)

66.2

31 (27–34)

Prophylactic (PA): LMWH (6000 IU/12 h) or UFH (200 IU/kg/24 h)

108

61 (51–70)

76.9

29 (26–33)

Martinelli-2020 [33]

Observational cohort study

High dose (TA): no dose data

127

60 (51–69)

64.6

27.0 (24.2–30.2)

Standard (PA): enoxaparin (40 to 60 mg QD)

151

58 (49–66)

65.6

28.1 (25.4–30.2)

Battistoni-2021 [34]

European multicentric cohort study

Full dose (TA): LMWH (40 mg QD)

102

/

/

/

Prophylactic (PA): LMWH (1 mg/kg BID)

550

/

/

/

Ionescu-2020 [8]

Retrospective, multi-center cohort study

Therapeutic (TA): enoxaparin (1 mg/kg BID or 1.5 mg/kg QD).et

998

68.2 ± 14.6a

55.1

30.4 (14.5,73.3)b

Prophylactic (PA): UFH (5000 U BID or TID) or enoxaparin (30–40 mg QD).et

2121

64.4 ± 16.9a

46.3

30.4 (12.9, 103.9)b

Kaur-2020 [35]

Retrospective, multi-institutional cohort study

Therapeutic (TA): no dose data

381

/

/

/

Prophylactic (PA): no dose data

652

/

/

/

Canoglu-2020 [36]

Retrospective study

Therapeutic (TA): enoxaparin (1 mg/kg BID)

56

/

/

/

Prophylactic (PA): enoxaparin (0.5 mg/kg BID)

98

/

/

/

Qin-2021 [37]

A cohort study

Therapeutic (TA): LMWH (100 U/kg BID)

77

/

/

/

Prophylaxis (PA): LMWH (3000–5000 U QD)

109

/

/

/

Matli-2021 [38]

A propensity matched cohort study

Therapeutic (TA): no dose data

31

62.55 ± 15.80a

67.7

/

Prophylactic (PA): no dose data

51

59.69 ± 17.04a

58.8

/

Mennuni-2021 [39]

Observational study

Higher dose (TA): enoxaparin (>  4000 IU QD)

149

70.2 ± 13.0a

60.4

/

Prophylactic (PA): enoxaparin (4000 IU QD)

287

71.2 ± 15.6a

55.4

/

Kodama-2020 [40]

A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study

Full dose (TA): no dose data

82

/

/

/

Prophylactic (PA): no dose data

498

/

/

/

Jonmarker-2020 [41]

Retrospective study

High dose (TA): tinzaparin (≥175 IU/kg QD) or dalteparin (≥200 IU/kg QD)

37

63 (54–70)

31 (83.8)

28.4 (25.1–32.8)

Low dose (PA): tinzaparin (2500–4500 IU QD) or dalteparin (2500–5000 IU QD)

67

63 (52–71)

59 (88.1)

27.7 (25.5–30.6)

Takayama-2021 [42]

Retrospective historical control study

Therapeutic (TA): UFH (APTT was 1.5–2.5 times as the control)

33

62 (54–74)

87.9

/

Prophylactic (PA): enoxaparin (40 mg BID)

29

55 (52–65)

86.8

/

Yu-2021 [43]

Retrospective cohort study

Therapeutic (TA): enoxaparin (1 mg/kg BID) or apixaban (≥5 mg BID).et

298

61 (54–72)

63.2

/

Prophylactic (PA): no dose data

979

62 (50–75)

56

/

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, IQR Interquartile range, QD Once daily, BID Twice daily, TID Thrice daily, APTT Activated partial thromboplastin time
  2. aReported as mean ± standard deviation
  3. bReported as median (range)