Table 6.

Complications during the hospitalisation

	Treated group n=86	Control group n=86	P value*
Bacterial infection	8/86 (9%)	7/86 (8%)	0.7870
Pneumothorax	2/86 (2%)	0/86 (0%)	0.1550
Cerebrovascular accident	1/86 (1%)	3/86 (3%)	0.3120
Congestive heart failure	1/86 (1%)	1/86 (1%)	1.0000
Endocarditis/myocarditis	0/86 (0%)	0/86 (0%)	1.0000
Pericarditis	0/86 (0%)	1/86 (1%)	0.3160
Cardiac ischaemia	0/86 (0%)	0/86 (0%)	1.0000
New arrhythmia	5/86 (6%)	9/86 (10%)	0.265
Deep venous thrombosis	2/86 (2%)	2/86 (2%)	1.0000
Pulmonary embolism	18/86 (21%)	9/86 (11%)	0.0590
Renal failure	7/86 (8%)	12/86 (14%)	0.2240
Gastrointestinal bleeding	0/86 (0%)	0/86 (0%)	1.0000

Data are presented as n/N (%).

*Calculated with χ².