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. 2019 Apr 4;28(8):2111–2124. doi: 10.1007/s11136-019-02175-z

Table 4.

Analysis of mortality, logistic regression results adjusted for significant baseline variables

Baseline characteristics (n = 1183) Baseline characteristics (excluding PE Symptomsa) and EQ-5D-5L index score (n = 1198)
Odds ratio Std. err. p value [95% conf. Interval] Odds ratio Std. err. p value [95% conf. Interval]
Total PE cohort
 Constant 0.017 0.018 < 0.001 0.002 0.135 0.201 0.231 0.162 0.021 1.912
 Age 1.046 0.011 < 0.001 1.025 1.068 1.043 0.011 < 0.001 1.022 1.065
 BMI 0.905 0.025 < 0.001 0.857 0.955 0.887 0.026 < 0.001 0.837 0.939
 Active cancer 13.137 3.600 < 0.001 7.678 22.478 12.348 3.495 < 0.001 7.090 21.504
 Prolong immobilization 2.587 0.777 0.002 1.436 4.661
 Vascular disease 2.361 0.789 0.010 1.226 4.545
 Previous AF 2.531 1.007 0.020 1.16 5.52 2.871 1.159 0.009 1.301 6.334
 Smoking history 1.931 0.495 0.010 1.168 3.191 1.967 0.534 0.013 1.155 3.349
 Palpitations 2.276 0.874 0.032 1.072 4.831 Not includeda
 EQ-5D-5L index score at baseline Not included 0.095 0.040 < 0.001
Baseline characteristics (n = 1071) Baseline characteristics (excluding PE Symptomsa) and EQ-5D-5L index score (n = 1090)
Odds ratio Std. err. p value [95% conf. Interval] Odds ratio Std. err. p value [95% conf. Interval]
Patients without ACTIVE cancer
 Constant 0.194 0.280 0.257 0.011 3.294 0.502 0.775 0.655 0.024 10.315
 Age 1.058 0.014 < 0.001 1.030 1.086 1.054 0.014 < 0.001 1.027 1.082
 Body mass index 0.796 0.035 < 0.001 0.730 0.869 0.808 0.035 < 0.001 0.742 0.881
 Prolong immobilization 2.570 0.866 0.005 1.328 4.975 2.053 0.737 0.045 1.016 4.148
 Vascular disease 3.580 1.353 0.001 1.707 7.510 2.493 1.014 0.025 1.124 5.531
 Diabetes mellitus 2.575 0.985 0.013 1.217 5.448 2.534 0.996 0.018 1.173 5.474
 Cardiogenic shock 17.573 11.213 < 0.001 5.032 61.373 Not includeda
 EQ-5D-5L index score at baseline Not included 0.220 0.117 0.004 0.078 0.622
Baseline characteristics (n = 112) Baseline characteristics (excluding PE Symptomsa) and EQ-5D-5L index score (n = 108)
Odds ratio Std. err. p value [95% conf. Interval] Odds ratio Std. err. p value [95% conf. Interval]
Patients with ACTIVE cancer
 Constant 0.311 0.101 < 0.001 0.164 0.588 3.232 1.934 0.050 1.001 10.440
 Smoking history 2.964 1.246 0.010 1.300 6.758 3.346 1.514 0.008 1.379 8.122
 Tachycardia 6.295 3.633 0.001 2.031 19.510 Not includeda
 EQ-5D-5L index score at baseline Not included 0.035 0.031 < 0.001 0.006 0.193

The full list of covariate set includes age, gender, BMI, clinical factors (previous VTE event, PE with DVT), previous clinical events (within 3 years prior to enrollment: myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, percutaneous coronary intervention, atrial fibrillation, transient ischemic attack, stroke, and bleeding event), risk factors (within the past 3 months or ongoing: active cancer, prolonged immobilization (> 5 days in bed), varicose veins, history of major surgery or trauma), comorbidities (hypertension, congestive heart failure, vascular disease, dyslipidemia, diabetes, chronic venous insufficiency, renal disease, liver disease, chronic respiratory disease, arthritis, bone fracture/soft tissue trauma, lower extremity paralysis, alcohol use, smoking history, and thrombophilia), the presence of PE symptoms, and EQ-5D-5L index score at baseline

PE pulmonary embolism

aBaseline PE symptoms were not considered in this model (i.e., Dyspnea, Chest pain, Cough, Hemoptysis, Syncope, Palpitations, Fever, Cyanosis, Tachypnea, Tachycardia, Cardiogenic shock, Others.)