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. 2019 Feb 8;27(10):3833–3840. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-4661-3

Table 1.

Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

DOT 0 to 3 months (N = 629) DOT 3 to 6 months (N = 244) DOT over 6 months (N = 285)
Age, mean (SD) [median] 71.9 (9.7) [72.0] 71.7 (11.2) [72.0] 73.4 (8.5) [73.0]
Gender, female, n (%)1 307 (48.8) 131 (53.7) 141 (49.5)
Region, n (%)
 South 369 (58.7) 145 (59.4) 160 (56.1)
 Midwest 174 (27.7) 69 (28.3) 89 (31.2)
 Northeast 16 (2.5) 4 (1.6) 6 (2.1)
 West 70 (11.1) 26 (10.7) 30 (10.5)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 White 498 (79.2) 191 (78.3) 218 (76.5)
 Black 72 (11.4) 21 (8.6) 48 (16.8)
 Hispanic 4 (0.6) 5 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
 Other 11 (1.7) 7 (2.9) 2 (0.7)
 Unknown 44 (7.0) 20 (8.2) 17 (6.0)
Time from cancer to first VTE, n (%)
 Less than 6 months 349 (55.5) 126 (51.6) 135 (47.4)
 6 months to 1 year 79 (12.6) 31 (12.7) 45 (15.8)
 More than 1 year 201 (32.0) 87 (35.7) 105 (36.8)
Type of index VTE, n (%)
 PE 159 (25.3) 57 (23.4) 82 (28.8)
 DVT 389 (61.8) 164 (67.2) 152 (53.3)
 PE and DVT 81 (12.9) 23 (9.4) 51 (17.9)
Type of anticoagulant therapy, n (%)
 LMWH 293 (46.6) 49 (20.1) 34 (11.9)
 Warfarin 185 (29.4) 119 (48.8) 169 (59.3)
 Rivaroxaban 151 (24.0) 76 (31.1) 82 (28.8)
Type of primary cancer2, n (%)
 Solid cancer 558 (88.7) 212 (86.9) 251 (88.1)
 Lung 106 (16.9) 27 (11.1) 36 (12.6)
 Prostate 69 (11.0) 37 (15.2) 40 (14.0)
 Breast 69 (11.0) 35 (14.3) 50 (17.5)
 Colorectal 78 (12.4) 33 (13.5) 40 (14.0)
 Other solid cancer 236 (38) 80 (32.8) 85 (29.8)
 Hematologic cancer 73 (11.6) 34 (13.9) 36 (12.6)
Risk for VTE
 Very high risk3 56 (8.9) 11 (4.5) 10 (3.5)
 High risk4 214 (34.0) 73 (29.9) 90 (31.6)
Antineoplastic use at baseline5, n (%) 87 (13.8) 42 (17.2) 41 (14.4)
Quan-Charlson comorbidity index5, mean (SD) [median] 4.8 (3.1) [5.0] 4.7 (2.7) [5.0] 4.4 (2.9) [4.0]
Selected baseline comorbidities5, n (%)
 Hypertension 435 (69.2) 184 (75.4) 214 (75.1)
 COPD 196 (31.2) 60 (24.6) 72 (25.3)
 Diabetes 172 (27.3) 73 (29.9) 91 (31.9)
 Congestive heart failure 92 (14.6) 34 (13.9) 35 (12.3)
 Liver diseases 98 (15.6) 43 (17.6) 26 (9.1)
 Obesity 94 (14.9) 34 (13.9) 39 (13.7)
 Atrial fibrillation/flutter 46 (7.3) 17 (7.0) 13 (4.6)
 Stroke/TIA 26 (4.1) 6 (2.5) 19 (6.7)

SD, standard deviation; VTE, venous thromboembolism; DVT, deep venous thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; TIA, transient ischemic attack; LMWH, low-molecular-weight heparin

1The denominator of all percents is the respective cohort

2Not mutually exclusive

3Stomach, pancreas, or brain tumor

4Lung, lymphoma, gynecologic, bladder, testicular, or renal cancer

5Evaluated during the 6-month baseline period