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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2016 Aug 31;23(8):1018–1027. doi: 10.1177/1076029616665925

Table 2.

Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism in Endometrial Cancer.a

Characteristic No. 2-year (%) Univariate
Multivariate
HR (95% CI) P Value HR (95% CI) P Value
Age .06 .69
 <60 537 6.8% 1 1
 ≥60 177 11.4% 1.70 (0.98-2.94) 1.15 (0.57-2.32)
Ethnicity .87 .48
 Non-Hispanic 234 9.0% 1 1
 Hispanic 480 7.4% 0.95 (0.55-1.67) 1.26 (0.67-2.37)
BMI (kg/m2) .10 .41
 <30 218 11.1% 1 1
 ≥30 490 6.5% 0.65 (0.38-1.10) 1.31 (0.69-2.48)
Hypertension .10 .88
 No 320 9.5% 1 1
 Yes 394 6.6% 0.65 (0.39-1.09) 0.95 (0.49-1.84)
β-Blocker use .11 .40
 No 585 8.6% 1 1
 Yes 129 4.6% 0.51 (0.22-1.19) 0.64 (0.23-1.80)
Diabetes mellitus .002 .10
 No 484 10.1% 1 1
 Yes 230 3.4% 0.32 (0.15-0.68) 0.39 (0.12-1.22)
Metformin use .001 .54
 No 546 9.8% 1 1
 Yes 168 1.9% 0.22 (0.08-0.61) 0.65 (0.16-2.60)
Hypercholesterolemia .25 .25
 No 537 8.8% 1 1
 Yes 176 5.2% 0.68 (0.35-1.31) 1.59 (0.73-3.49)
Statin use .003 .14
 No 576 9.5% 1 1
 Yes 138 1.6% 0.21 (0.06-0.66) 0.38 (0.10-1.40)
NAFLD <.001 .02
 No 533 10.4% 1 1
 Yes 181 1.7% 0.13 (0.04-0.41) 0.24 (0.07-0.79)
CA-125 (IU/L) <.001 <.001
 <35 457 2.8% 1 1
 ≥35 177 22.3% 8.51 (4.53-16.0) 3.81 (1.78-8.17)
Platelet count (× 109/L) <.001 .01
 <400 590 5.5% 1 1
 ≥400 79 24.8% 5.16 (2.94-9.06) 2.30 (1.22-4.35)
Histology subtype <.001 .20
 Endometrioid 591 5.8% 1 1
 Nonendometrioid 123 17.4% 3.57 (2.11-6.04) 0.61 (0.29-1.30)
Grade <.001 .44
 1-2 550 4.9% 1 1
 3 164 17.8% 4.30 (2.56-7.25) 1.35 (0.64-2.85)
Stage <.001 .86
 I-II 554 3.6% 1 1
 III-IV 160 21.6% 7.10 (4.10-12.3) 1.08 (0.45-2.63)
Recurrence <.001 <.001
 No 615 3.7% 1 1
 Yes 99 30.9% 12.1 (7.01-20.8) 4.57 (1.97-10.6)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CA, cancer antigen; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; VTE, venous thromboembolism; 2-yr cumulative rate (%), 2-year VTE proportion.

a

Multivariate analysis with Cox proportional hazards regression model for P values. Significant P values are emboldened.