Table 13.
Changes of D-dimer from baseline negative/indeterminate to >1000 μgm/dl after 28 ± 2 days
| Changed from 0 – 999 at baseline to >1,000 after 28 ± 2 days | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | p-value for hip vs. knee | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Hips | 45 (31.5 %) | 98 (68.5 %) | <0.0001 | |||
| Knees | 116 (70.7 %) | 48 (29.3 %) | ||||
| Patients with elevated D-dimer (>1,000 μg/dL) at follow-up, stratified for knee vs. hip and study arm | ||||||
| Arm A | Arm B | Arm C | A vs. B | A vs. C | B vs. C | |
| p-value | p-value | p-value | ||||
| Knees | 12 of 47 (25.5 %) | 15 of 50 (30.0 %) | 18 of 46 (39.1 %) | 0.624 | 0.163 | 0.348 |
| Hips | 41 of 54 (75.9 %) | 38 of 59 (64.4 %) | 37 of 51 (72.5 %) | 0.185 | 0.693 | 0.362 |
| Total | 53 of 101 (52.5 %) | 53 of 109 (48.6 %) | 55 of 97 (56.7 %) | 0.577 | 0.551 | 0.247 |