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. 2011 Jun 23;6(6):e21134. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021134

Table 3. Comparison between patient complications and presence of DIC according to overt- and non-overt DIC-score (≥5p and <5p respectively).

Overt DIC n (%) Moderate/severe illness, n (%) Bleedinga, n (%) Intensive care, n (%)
All 106 13(12.3) 9(8.5) 5(4.7)
DIC1 ≥5p 8 (7.5) 4(50.0) 4(50.0) 3(37.5)
<5p 98 (92.5) 9(9.2) 5(5.1) 2(2.0)
p valueb 0.008 0.002 0.003
DIC2 ≥5p 6 (5.7) 4(66.7) 3(50.0) 3(50.0)
<5p 100 (94.3) 9(9.0) 6(6.0) 2(2.0)
p valueb 0.002 0.008 0.001
DIC3 ≥5p 30 (28.3) 9(30.0) 6(20.0) 3(10.0)
<5p 76 (71.7) 4(5.3) 3(3.9) 2(2.6)
p valueb 0.001 0.015 0.136
DIC4 ≥5p 20 (18.9) 9(45.0) 5(25.0) 3(15.0)
<5p 86 (81.9) 4(4.7) 4(4.7) 2(2.3)
p valueb <0.001 0.011 0.045
Non-Overt DIC
All 106 13(12.3) 9(8.5) 5(4.7)
DIC 1 ≥5p 28 (26.4) 8(28.6) 5(17.9) 5(17.9)
<5p 78 (73.6) 5(6.4) 4(5.1) 0
p valueb 0.005 0.053 0.001
DIC 2 ≥5p 25 (23.6) 7(28.0) 5(20.0) 4(16.0)
<5p 81 (76.4) 6(7.4) 4(4.9) 1(1.2)
p valueb 0.012 0.032 0.011
a

Bleeding of moderate/major importance.

b

Comparison between ≥5 and <5 points. P-value calculated with Fischer exact test and χ2 test.