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Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2020 Jun 2;9(2):369–376. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2020.05.016

Table I.

Patient and procedure characteristics

Characteristic	Ablation only (n = 1376)	Ablation and phlebectomy (n = 1999)	P value
Age, years	52.7 (14.0)	52.2 (13.7)	.331
Sex, female	1042 (75.7)	1510 (75.5)	.900
Race, white	954 (92.1)	1776 (95.4)	<.001
Length of follow-up, days	136 (42.5–532.5)	652 (140–988)	<.001
BMI, kg/m²	27.4 (5.8)	28.0 (6.3)	.004
Prior W treatment	360 (26.2)	413 (20.7)	<.001
History of DVT	44 (3.2)	85 (4.3)	.117
Receiving anticoagulation	56 (4.1)	152 (7.6)	<.001
No. of pregnancies	2 (1–3)	2 (1–3)	.015

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

Categorical variables are presented as number (%). Continuous variables are presented as mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range).