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. 2023 Dec 1;102(48):e36417. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000036417

Table 3.

Incidence and location of pulmonary embolisms in ICU patients stratified by ancestral strain and variants (n = 163).

Total Ancestral strain Alpha variant Delta variant Omicron variant P value
Frequency of pulmonary embolism 27/163 (17%) 16/102 (16%) 1/7 (14%) 7/31 (23%) 3/23 (13%) .84*
Most proximal anatomical location
 Main/lobar 8/27 (30%) 6/16 (37.5%) 1/1 (100%) 0 (0%) 1/3 (33%) .16*
 Segmental 14/27 (52%) 6/16 (37.5%) 0/1 (0%) 6/7 (86%) 2/3 (67%)
 Subsegmental 5/27 (18%) 4/16 (25%) 0/1 (0%) 1/7 (14%) 0/3 (0%)

ICU = intensive care unit.

*

Fisher exact test was performed among ancestral strain, Alpha variant, Delta variant, and Omicron variant.