Table 2.

Patient demographics.

	Baseline (Audit 1)	Post intervention (Audit 2)
Gender
Male, n (%)	2243 (51.0)	2211 (50.5)
Female, n (%)	2156 (49.0)	2164 (49.5)
Mean age in years (SD)	69.0 (18.26)	69.7 (17.68)
Mean weight in kg (SD)	74.6 (21.9)	74.3 (23.3)
High risk*, n (%)	3618 (82.2)	3544 (81.0)

n = number; SD = standard deviation *High risk = Age >60 years or admission due to acute respiratory disease, heart failure, malignancy, ischaemic stroke, rheumatological or inflammatory or existence of previous VTE[15].