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. 2014 Mar 10;348:g1340. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g1340

Table 3.

 Mean predicted probabilities for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) for each score on Wells rule in various subgroups. Values are percentages (95% confidence intervals)

Wells score Overall Care setting Malignancy Sex History of DVT
Primary Secondary or hospital Male Female
−2 2.8 (2.1 to 3.8) 2.2 (1.5 to 3.0) 4.6 (2.6 to7.8) 5.9 (3.6 to 9.7) 4.5 (3.3 to 6.2) 2.0 (1.4 to 2.8) 5.7 (3.6 to 8.8)
−1 4.8 (3.6 to 6.3) 4.0 (2.9 to 5.4) 6.4 (3.8 to 10.7) 8.9 (5.8 to 13.4) 7.1 (5.3 to 9.5) 3.5 (2.6 to 4.7) 8.6 (5.8 to 12.4)
0 7.9 (6.1 to 10.2) 7.2 (5.4 to 9.6) 9.0 (5.5 to 14.5) 13.1 (9.2 to 18.4) 11.0 (8.4 to 14.2) 6.1 (4.6 to 8.0) 12.8 (9.2 to 17.5)
1 12.8 (10.2 to 16.2 12.8 (9.9 to 16.6) 12.5 (7.8 to 19.5) 19.0 (14.2 to 24.9) 16.6 (13.0 to 20.9) 10.4 (8.0 to 13.3) 18.6 (14.0 to 24.3)
2 20.0 (15.9 to 24.8) 21.7 (17.1 to 27.2) 17.1 (10.9 to 25.8) 26.6 (20.9 to 33.3) 24.2 (19.4 to 29.8) 17.1 (13.5 to 21.4) 26.3 (20.4 to 33.2)
3 30.0 (24.5 to 36.1) 34.4 (28.0 to 41.5) 22.9 (14.9 to 33.4) 36.0 (29.3 to 43.4) 34.0 (27.9 to 40.7) 26.9 (21.6 to 32.8) 35.8 (28.3 to 44.0)
4 42.2 (35.5 to 49.3) 49.8 (42.1 to 57.5) 30.0 (20.1 to 42.1) 46.6 (38.7 to 54.7) 45.4 (38.1 to 52.9) 39.5 (32.8 to 46.8) 46.5 (37.3 to 55.9)
5 55.6 (48.3 to 62.6) 65.2 (57.5 to 72.1) 38.2 (26.4 to 51.5) 57.5 (48.5 to 66.1) 57.3 (49.3 to 64.8) 53.8 (46.1 to 61.4) 57.5 (46.9 to 67.9)
6 68.1 (61.2 to 74.4) 77.9 (71.5 to 83.3) 47.0 (33.7 to 60.8) 67.7 (58.0 to 76.1) 68.3 (60.5 to 75.3) 67.5 (59.9 to 74.3) 67.9 (56.5 to 77.5)
7 78.5 (72.6 to 83.4 87.0 (82.2 to 90.6) 56.2 (41.8 to 69.5) 76.5 (66.7 to 84.1) 77.7 (70.6 to 83.5) 78.8 (72.2 to 84.1) 76.7 (65.5 to 85.2)
8 86.2 (81.2 to 89.8) 92.6 (89.5 to 94.9) 64.9 (50.3 to 77.1) 83.5 (74.3 to 89.8) 84.9 (78.9 to 89.4) 86.9 (81.1 to 90.7) 83.7 (73.4 to 90.6)