Table 2.

Incidence of venous thromboembolism and adverse events among medical inpatients receiving enoxaparin versus UFH prophylaxis

	Prophylaxis Received [N(%)]
Outcome	Enoxaparin (N = 479)	UFH (N = 2,837)	RR (95% CI)
DVT	8 (1.7)	163 (5.8)	0.29 (0.14, 0.59)
PE	0 (0.0)	32 (1.1)	0
VTE (DVT and/or PE)	8 (1.7)	180 (6.3)	0.26 (0.13,0.53)
Adverse Events:
HIT	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	--
Major Bleed	12 (2.5)	72 (2.5)	0.99 (0.54,1.80)
Death	25 (5.2)	142 (5.0)	1.04 (0.69, 1.58)

DVT = deep-vein thrombosis; PE = pulmonary embolism; VTE = venous thromboembolism; HIT = heparin-induced thrombocytopenia