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. 2023 Jun 29;7(5):102139. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102139

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants with hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism within the Children’s Hospital-Acquired Thrombosis Registry.

Covariate VTE history
N = 40
No VTE history
N = 1216
P valuea
Age at admission (y), median (range; IQR) 9 (0.1-20; 2-16) 2 (0-20; 0.1-12) <.001
Age stratum (y) .002
 Infant (birth to <1) 7 (17.5) 538 (44.2)
 Child (≥1 to <13) 17 (42.5) 393 (32.3)
 Teenager (≥13 to <21) 16 (40) 285 (23.4)
Sex .43
 Male 20 (50) 684 (56.3)
 Female 20 (50) 532 (43.8)
Race .71
 White 20 (50) 502 (41.3)
 Asian 2 (5) 71 (5.8)
 Black or African American 4 (10) 89 (7.3)
 American Indian or Native Alaskan 0 (0) 4 (0.3)
 Unknown 11 (27.5) 453 (37.3)
 Other 3 (7.5) 97 (8.0)
Ethnicity .23
 Hispanic/Latino 16 (40) 394 (32.4)
 Non-Hispanic 22 (55) 655 (53.9)
 Unknown 2 (5) 167 (13.7)
Diagnosesb
 Autoimmune/inflammatory 1 (2.5) 16 (1.3) .43
 Cancer 6 (15) 139 (11.4) .49
 Congenital heart disease 16 (40) 251 (20.6) .003
 Other 24 (60) 599 (49.3) .18
 Unknown/none 0 (0) 370 (30.4)
VTE prophylaxis .002
.88
 No 20 (50) 933 (78.0)
 Yes 20 (50) 263 (22.0)
  Mechanical only 7 (35) 95 (36.1)
  Pharmacologic only 10 (50) 133 (50.6)
  Both 3 (15) 35 (13.3)
Days after admission to HA-VTE (d) N = 40 N = 1206 .09
 Mean (SD) 14 (22.2) 20 (39.6)
 Median (range; IQR) 7 (1-129; 3-16) 9 (0-495; 4-20)
Hospital location at VTE diagnosis .45
 Non-ICU 14 (35) 498 (41.0)
 ICU 26 (65) 716 (60.0)
Line related .36
 No 16 (40) 379 (31.3)
 Yes 23 (57.5) 808 (66.7)
 Unknown 1 (2.5) 25 (2.1)
VTE locationb
 DVT upper extremity 25 (62.5) 556 (45.8) .04
 DVT lower extremity 11 (27.5) 512 (42.1) .07
 Cardiac 2 (5) 43 (3.5) .65
 PE 1 (2.5) 31 (2.6) 1.00
 ASVT 1 (2.5) 27 (2.2) .60
 CSVT 0 (0) 68 (5.6) .16

ASVT, abdominal site venous thrombosis; Cardiac, R atrium + cardiac ventricle; CSVT, cerebral sinus venous thrombosis; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; HA-VTE, hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism; ICU, intensive care unit; PE, pulmonary embolism; VTE, venous thromboembolism.

a

The parametric P value was calculated using analysis of variance for numerical covariates and the chi-square test for categorical covariates. The nonparametric P value was calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis test for numerical covariates and Fisher exact test for categorical covariates.

b

Each line represents a yes/no response, with only “yes” selections summarized as n (%) and P value.