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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Vasc Med. 2019 Jul 27;24(5):442–451. doi: 10.1177/1358863X19862043

Table 3.

Association of venous non-compressibility at 1 month with late clinical, anatomical, and physiological outcomes

Clinical Outcome Status of CFV at 1 Month Status of FV and PV at 1 Month
Non-compressible Compressible p-value Either non-compressible Both compressible p-value
Overall Trial Any PTS, n (%) 104/170 (61%) 205/447 (46%) <0.001 241/464 (52%) 70/160 (44%) 0.07
Moderate-or-Severe PTS, n (%) 51/170 (30%) 85/447 (19%) 0.003 108/464 (23%) 30/160 (19%) 0.23
Villalta score at 24 montds, mean (SD) 5.2 (5.8) 4.0 (4.6) 0.10 4.4 (5.1) 3.9 (4.4) 0.24
VCSS score at 24 montds, mean (SD) 2.7 (3.3) 2.1 (2.7) 0.21 2.5 (3.1) 1.7 (2.4) 0.02
VEINES-QOL score at 24 montds, mean (SD) 73.2 (24) 81.4 (20) 0.004 79.2 (21) 79.3 (24) 0.26
Anatomical/Physiological Outcome Status of CFV at 1 Month Status of FV and PV at 1 Month
Non-compressible Compressible p-value Either non-compressible Both compressible p-value
Ultrasound Substudy Non-compressible CFV at 12 months, n (%) 22/36 (61%) 1/83 (1%) <0.001 18/93 (19%) 5/28 (18%) 0.86
Non-compressible FV at 12 months, n (%) 23/36 (64%) 46/84 (55%) 0.35 67/94 (71%) 2/28 (7%) <0.001
Non-compressible PV at 12 months, n (%) 18/36 (50%) 53/84 (63%) 0.18 72/94 (77%) 0/28 (0%) <0.001
Obstruction score at 12 months, mean (SD) 0.2 (0.6) 0.1 (0.4) 0.15 0.1 (0.5) 0.04 (0.2) 0.33
CFV diameter (mm), mean (SD) 2.8 (2.8) 0.05 (0.4) <0.001 0.9 (2.1) 0.6 (1.5) 0.57
PV diameter (mm), mean (SD) 2.0 (2.5) 2.8 (2.4) 0.07 3.3 (2.3) 0 (0.0) <0.001
Reflux score at 12 months, mean (SD) 3.0 (1.8) 2.8 (1.7) 0.57 3.2 (1.6) 1.9 (1.7) 0.002
Any reflux present at 12 months, n (%) 31/36 (86%) 74/84 (88%) 0.76 88/95 (93%) 19/27 (70%) 0.002
Deep reflux present at 12 months, n (%) 30/36 (83%) 71/84 (85%) 0.87 84/95 (88%) 19/27 (70%) 0.02

CFV=Common Femoral Vein, FV=Femoral Vein, PTS=Post-thrombotic syndrome, PV=Popliteal Vein, SD=Standard Deviation, VCSS=Venous Clinical Severity Score, VEINES-QOL=Venous Insufficiency Epidemiological and Economic Study Quality of Life