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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2012 Apr 27;53(1):187–192. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03665.x

Table 3. VTE rate according to age-dependent Charlson score.

VTE Rate (%)
Overall Charlson ≤2 Charlson 3 – 5 Charlson ≥6

Race White 7.7 4 9.4 11.4
Black 7.8 4.4 11.5 14.9

Gender Female 7.2 3.7 11.2 13.6
Male 8.7 5.8 9.5 12.9

Blood
Type
O 6.9 3.6 9.6 12.8
Non-O 8.5 4.9 11.3 13.7

Shade denotes statistical significance (p<0.01)