Table 1.

Prevalence (%) of bleeding symptoms in patients with VWD and in healthy individuals[3,5,35–37]

Symptoms	Normals n=500 n=341 n=215	All types VWD n=264	Type 1 VWD n=671 n=84	Type 2 VWD n=497	Type 3 VWD n=348 n=66
Epistaxis	5–11	63	54–61	63	66–77
Menorrhagia	17–44	60	32–67	32	56–69
Post-dental extraction bleeding	5–11	52	31–72	39	53–77
Haematomas	12	49	13	14	33
Bleeding from minor wounds	0.2–5	36	36–46	40	50
Gum bleeding	7–37	35	31	35	56
Post-surgical bleeding	1–6	28	20–38	23	41
Postpartum bleeding	3–23	23	17–61	18	15–26
Gastrointestinal bleeding	1	14	5	8	19.2
Joint bleeding	6	8	3	4	37–45
Haematuria	1–8	7	2	5	1–12
Cerebral bleeding	n/a	n/a	1	2	9