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. 2024 Mar 2;29(4):407–416. doi: 10.1007/s10147-024-02475-6

Table 2.

Incidence and risk of events during the follow-up period per 1.0-µg/mL increase in baseline D-dimer level

Events Incidence
n (%) [95% CI]
Univariable Multivariablec
HR [95% CI] P value HR [95% CI] P value
Symptomatic VTE 47 (0.5) [0.4–0.7] 1.04 [1.02–1.05] <0.001 1.03 [1.00–1.05] 0.018
Incidental VTE requiring treatment 116 (1.3) [1.1–1.5] 1.03 [1.02–1.04] <0.001 1.02 [1.01–1.04] 0.008
Composite VTEa 153 (1.7) [1.4–2.0] 1.03 [1.02–1.04] <0.001 1.02 [1.01–1.04] 0.005
Cerebral infarction/TIA/SEE 72 (0.8) [0.6–1.0] 1.04 [1.03–1.05] <0.001 1.04 [1.02–1.05] <0.001
Bleedingb 127 (1.4) [1.2–1.7] 1.04 [1.02–1.05] <0.001 1.01 [0.99–1.03] 0.359
All-cause death 1157 (12.8) [12.1–13.5] 1.05 [1.04–1.05] <0.001 1.03 [1.02–1.03] <0.001

CI confidence interval; ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; HR hazard ratio; SEE systemic embolic events; TIA transient ischemic attack; VTE venous thromboembolism

aA composite of symptomatic VTE events and incidental VTE events requiring treatment

bIncluded major bleeding and clinically relevant non-major bleeding events

cAdjusted by stage (I/IB/II, III, IV), age (<65, ≥65 years), renal function (creatinine clearance of ≤50, >50 mL/min), ECOG PS (0, 1, 2), VTE at baseline (yes, no)