Table 2.
Residual vein occlusion in relation to compression in the acute phase after DVT
| Compression | No compression | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compression | Multilayer compression | Compression hosiery | ||||||||||
| N | % | OR (95%CI) | N | % | OR (95%CI) | N | % | OR (95%CI) | N | % | OR (95%CI) | |
| RVO | 241/520 | 46.3 | 0.46 (0.27-0.80) | 175/369 | 47.4 | 0.48 (0.27-0.84) | 66/151 | 43.7 | 0.42 (0.23-0.78) | 48/72 | 66.7 | — |
| No residual vein obstruction | 279/520 | 53.7 | — | 194/369 | 52.6 | — | 85/151 | 56.3 | — | 24/72 | 33.3 | — |
DVT analysis adjusted for thrombus location, type of DVT, and history of DVT. No compression was used as the reference group for all analyses.
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.