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)