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. 2013 Feb 22;2(1):e000067. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.112.000067

Table 8.

i‐TTR, Time in Other INR Ranges, and INR Test Results and Frequency by Region

Parameter Region
Statistic Total East Asia India EasternEurope Western Europe/similar South Africa Latin America Canada/United States
i‐TTR
i‐TTR (INR 2.0 to 3.0, %) N (patients) 6983 727 130 2663 1088 124 924 1327
Mean±SD 55.2±21.27 50.4±21.42 35.9±23.34 49.7±21.16 63.2±18.48 54.8±22.011 55.2±20.00 64.1±18.23
(25th, 75th percentile) (43.0, 70.6) (37.6, 64.8) (18.6, 50.7) (36.8, 64.8) (53.7, 75.9) (42.9, 70.6) (44.5, 69.3) (54.8, 77.0)
Time above TR (INR >3.0, %) N 6983 727 130 2663 1088 124 924 1327
Mean±SD 15.7±13.13 12.6±12.83 20.0±21.34 15.1±12.61 16.5±13.20 21.3±18.10 17.4±12.95 16.0±12.28
(25th, 75th percentile) (7.0, 21.5) (3.7, 17.0) (6.1, 25.5) (6.2, 21.2) (7.4, 22.7) (8.7, 28.3) (9.0, 23.5) (8.3, 21.1)
Time below TR (INR <2.0, %) N 6983 727 130 2663 1088 124 924 1327
Mean±SD 29.1±21.94 37.1±23.00 44.1±25.87 35.2±22.78 20.2±17.88 23.9±23.25 27.4±20.01 19.9±16.16
(25th, 75th percentile) (13.6, 38.6) (20.6, 51.0) (25.2, 61.0) (19.2, 46.3) (8.7, 26.2) (7.3, 32.9) (14.2, 34.1) (9.1, 26.7)
Time dangerously out of range—low (INR <1.7) N 6983 727 130 2663 1088 124 924 1327
Mean±SD 14.8±19.10 18.8±19.92 30.9±25.73 19.7±21.58 8.0±13.19 11.9±18.61 13.8±17.77 7.7±11.74
(25th, 75th percentile) (2.7, 18.7) (5.6, 27.0) (13.6, 48.0) (5.2, 26.1) (1.1, 9.5) (1.1, 14.2) (3.2, 15.9) (1.2, 9.7)
Time in INR range of 1.8 to 3.5 N 6983 727 130 2663 1088 124 924 1327
Mean±SD 74.5±21.75 69.9±22.37 51.8±27.30 68.8±22.90 82.7±17.19 75.6±23.62 74.8±20.36 83.6±15.64
(25th, 75th percentile) (65.9, 89.9) (59.2, 85.9) (33.1, 72.2) (58.6, 85.7) (77.1, 94.1) (69.9, 90.8) (67.8, 88.4) (78.2, 93.8)
INR tests (multiple observations/patient) N (tests) 181 640 17 218 2415 64 644 30 439 3131 22 134 41 659
Average INR
Mean±SD 2.4±0.87 2.3±0.83 2.4±1.21 2.4±0.93 2.5±0.80 2.5±0.86 2.4±0.92 2.5±0.78
Median 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4
(25th, 75th percentile) (1.8, 2.8) (1.7, 2.7) (1.5, 2.8) (1.7, 2.8) (2.0, 2.9) (1.9, 2.9) (1.8, 2.8) (2.0, 2.9)
Average No. of tests/patient Mean±SD 26±13.3 24±10.8 19±11.5 24±11.6 28±13.9 25±10.9 24±10.6 31±17.0
(25th, 75th percentile) (18, 34) (17, 32) (8, 27) (17, 32) (19, 37) (19, 33) (17, 31) (19, 43)
Average No. of days between INR measurements N 6983 727 130 2663 1088 124 924 1327
Mean±SD 21±5.1 23±4.7 22±5.6 23±5.0 20±5.3 21±4.8 22±4.3 19±4.8
(25th, 75th percentile) (19, 25) (22, 26) (20, 26) (21, 26) (16, 24) (19, 24) (20, 25) (17, 23)

i‐TTR indicates individual patient‐level time in therapeutic range; INR, international normalized ratio.