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Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2020 Jun 24;9(2):361–368.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.04.031

Table I.

Patient and procedure characteristics for patients undergoing superficial venous ablation with and without deep venous reflux

Characteristics	No deep reflux (n = 2627)	Deep reflux (n = 2254)	P value
Patient characteristic
Age, years	56.9 (13.9)	56.2 (13.6)	.650
Female sex	1835 (69.9)	1486 (65.9)	.030
Race (white)	1984 (86.5)	1544 (90.2)	<.01
Length of follow-up, days	319 (41–864)	182 (96–631)	.018
BMI	30.6 (7.5)	30.6 (7.2)	1.000
Prior VV treatment	552 (21.1)	477(21.2)	1.000
History of DVT	161 (6.2)	154 (6.8)	1.000
Receiving anticoagulation	285 (10.9)	183 (8.1)	.010
No. of pregnancies, among females	2(1–3)	2 (1–3)	1.000
Compression compliance			<.01
Never	439 (21.6)	487 (23.6)
Intermittent	330 (16.3)	433 (21.01)
Most days	379 (18.7)	372 (18.0)
Every day	881 (43.4)	770 (37.3)

BMI, Body mass index; DVT, deep venous thrombosis; VV, varicose vein.

Values are mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), or number (%).