Table 3.

Behavioural recovery: endovenous laser ablation versus surgery

	Proportion carrying out behaviour (%)	Time until specified proportion of participants could carry out behaviour (days)*		Hazard ratio†
		EVLA	Surgery
Activity items
Bending the legs without discomfort	50	2·7	4·6	1·49 (1·19, 1·75)
	90	12·6	21·3
Lifting heavy objects without discomfort	50	5·9	9·8	1·79 (1·39, 2·27)
	90	20·5	34·5
Moving from standing to sitting without discomfort	50	2·2	3·7	1·56 (1·27, 1·96)
	90	10·4	17·5
Standing still for a long time (> 15 min) without discomfort	50	4·8	7·1	1·41 (1·11, 1·79)
	90	20·0	28·7
Walking short distances (< 20 min) without discomfort	50	3·0	4·4	1·30 (1·04, 1·61)
	90	13·2	19·1
Walking long distances (> 20 min)	50	5·6	8·0	1·53 (1·06, 1·67)
	90	19·8	27·1
Having a bath or shower	50	5·5	4·9	0·74 (0·59, 0·93)
	90	12·8	10·3
Driving a car	50	4·4	7·0	1·82 (1·43, 2·33)
	90	12·7	21·1
Participation items
Doing housework	50	2·5	4·5	1·89 (1·49, 2·38)
	90	8·4	15·7
Looking after children	50	1·9	3·5	1·61 (1·15, 2·27)
	90	8·8	17·9
Wearing clothes that show the legs	50	14·6	12·8	0·97 (0·69, 1·35)
	90	75·1	58·7
Partial return to normal work/employment	50	6·3	9·9	1·75 (1·33, 2·27)
	90	21·1	34·2
Full return to normal work/employment	50	7·7	11·7	1·79 (1·37, 2·27)
	90	23·5	36·2
Going out socially	50	6·9	9·3	1·41 (1·12, 1·75)
	90	23·9	34·0
Sporting activity or exercise	50	14·2	21·8	1·47 (1·12, 1·92)
	90	55·5	86·7

Values in parentheses are 95 per cent c.i.

^*The 50 per cent value is equivalent to the median time to return to the behaviour.

^†A hazard ratio greater than 1·00 shows that return to the behaviour took longer in the surgery arm. EVLA, endovenous laser ablation.