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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 29.
Published in final edited form as: Thromb Haemost. 2008 Oct;100(4):678–684. doi: 10.1160/th08-02-0118

Table 1. Confirmatory Positive compared to Confirmatory Negative Patients.

Comparison of demographics and laboratory values.

Outcome Variable Confirm+
N= 98
Confirm-
N=17
P-value
Age* 65 ± 15 63 ± 17 0.148
Female 55 (56%) 9 (53%) 1.000
African American 32 (32%) 9 (53%) 0.168
Caucasian 67 (68%) 8 (47%) 0.166
Platelet Count Nadir* 55,500 ± 44,000/μL 46,000 ± 31,000/μL 0.489
% Decrease Platelet Count from Baseline* 70% ± 23% 69% ± 20% 0.543
Anti-Heparin/PF4 Titer* 0.77 ± 0.84 0.82 ± 0.78 0.552
Cardiothoracic surgery service 35 (35%) 4 (24%) 0.413
Medicine service 30 (30%) 6 (34%) 0.779
*

median.