Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of patients with versus those without complete echocardiographic assessment
| Included (n = 219) |
Excluded (n = 354) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 64.8 (14.5) | 64.6 (16.7) | 0.90 |
| Male sex, n (%) | 111 (50.7) | 157 (44.4) | 0.14 |
| Body weight (kg), mean, (SD) | 84.0 (15.7) | 83.0 (18.4) | 0.50 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD) | 133.6 (17.2) | 130.5 (18.1) | 0.04 |
| Heart rate (beats/min), mean (SD) | 91.3 (17.4) | 93.8 (16.5) | 0.08 |
| Respiratory rate (/min), mean (SD) | 21.6 (5.6) | 21.4 (5.5) | 0.72 |
| Oxygen administration, n (%) | 181 (82.6) | 309 (87.3) | 0.13 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n (%) | 7 (3.2) | 15 (4.2) | 0.54 |
| Chronic heart failure, n (%) | 9 (4.1) | 15 (4.2) | 0.92 |
| Prior venous thromboembolism, n (%) | 51 (23.3) | 98 (27.7) | 0.24 |
| Active cancer, n (%) | 8 (3.7) | 16 (4.5) | 0.61 |
| Recent surgery or trauma, n (%) | 17 (7.8) | 25 (7.1) | 0.75 |
| Immobilisation, n (%) | 25 (11.4) | 30 (8.5) | 0.27 |
| Oestrogen use, n (%) | 14 (6.4) | 27 (7.6) | 0.58 |
IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; NYHA, New York Heart Association