Table 1. Confirmatory Positive compared to Confirmatory Negative Patients.
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.