Comparison 7. LMWH versus intravenous UFH in patients with venous thromboembolism.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Incidence of recurrent venous thromboembolism at the end of follow‐up	21	8375	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.69 [0.56, 0.86]
2 Incidence of major haemorrhagic episodes (during initial treatment)	21	7309	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.62 [0.43, 0.90]
3 Overall mortality at the end of follow‐up	21	8260	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.77 [0.63, 0.93]