Table 1.
Characteristics of cancer patients with acute VTE compared with matched cancer controls.
| Cancer VTE (N=30) |
Cancer Controls (N=60) |
P* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Age (years) | 59.5 | 59 | 0.93 |
| Female Sex (%) | 60 | 58 | 0.94 |
| Cancer Diagnosis: | |||
| Breast | 4 | 8 | |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | 4 | 8 | |
| Ovarian | 4 | 8 | |
| Renal Cell | 4 | 8 | |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | 2 | 4 | |
| Myeloma | 2 | 4 | |
| Pancreatic | 2 | 4 | |
| Colon | 1 | 2 | |
| Rectal | 1 | 2 | |
| Thyroid | 1 | 2 | |
| Glioblastoma | 1 | 2 | |
| Hepatocellular | 1 | 2 | |
| Gastric | 1 | 2 | |
| Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | 1 | 2 | |
| Uterine | 1 | 2 | |
| White blood cell count (× 109/L) | 6.4 | 6.1 | 0.90 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.8 | 12.8 | <.01 |
| Platelet Count (× 109/L) | 220 | 295 | 0.01 |
| Active cancer therapy | 16 (53%) | 47 (78%) | 0.02 |
| Diabetes | 6 (20%) | 9 (15%) | 0.56 |
| Current Smoker | 2 (6.7%) | 6 (10%) | 0.71 |
*
Age and complete blood counts were compared by Wilcoxon rank sum analysis