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. 2021 Jan 7;5(1):224–232. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003135

Table 4.

ORs with 95% CIs for overall, provoked, and unprovoked DVT and PE, according to quartiles of plasma VWF level

VTE subgroup Controls (n = 843) Cases Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Overall DVT n = 259
 VWF Q1 210 53 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 VWF Q2 211 57 1.08 (0.71-1.65) 1.07 (0.70-1.64) 1.06 (0.69-1.63)
 VWF Q3 210 65 1.26 (0.83-1.90) 1.26 (0.83-1.90) 1.23 (0.81-1.87)
 VWF Q4 212 84 1.63 (1.09-2.43) 1.52 (1.01-2.29) 1.49 (0.99-2.25)
P value for trend 0.01 0.03 0.04
Provoked DVT n = 156
 VWF Q1 210 45 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 VWF Q2 211 36 0.79 (0.49-1.27) 0.78 (0.48-1.27) 0.78 (0.48-1.27)
 VWF Q3 210 38 0.82 (0.51-1.33) 0.83 (0.51-1.33) 0.83 (0.51-1.34)
 VWF Q4 212 37 0.78 (0-48-1.28) 0.74 (0.45-1.21) 0.74 (0.45-1.22)
P value for trend .4 .3 .3
Unprovoked DVT n = 103
 VWF Q1 210 8 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 VWF Q2 211 21 2.73 (1.18-6.33) 2.78 (1.19-6.47) 2.73 (1.17-6.40)
 VWF Q3 210 27 3.74 (1.65-8.47) 3.79 (1.66-8.62) 3.59 (1.57-8.23)
 VWF Q4 212 47 6.73 (3.07-14.76) 6.40 (2.90-14.12) 6.18 (2.78-13.70)
P value for trend <.001 <.001 <.001
Overall PE n = 155
 VWF Q1 210 35 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 VWF Q2 211 37 1.04 (0.63-1.72) 0.96 (0.58-1.61) 0.99 (0.59-1.67)
 VWF Q3 210 40 1.12 (0.68-1.84) 1.10 (0.67-1.83) 1.15 (0.69-1.92)
 VWF Q4 212 43 1.18 (0.72-1.93) 1.11 (0.67-1.84) 1.14 (0.69-1.91)
P value for trend .5 .6 .5
Provoked PE n = 85
 VWF Q1 210 17 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 VWF Q2 211 20 1.15 (0.59-2.27) 1.05 (0.53-2.10) 1.14 (0.56-2.31)
 VWF Q3 210 24 1.36 (0.70-2.63) 1.32 (0.68-2.56) 1.43 (0.72-2.83)
 VWF Q4 212 24 1.33 (0.69-2.57) 1.24 (0.63-2.42) 1.33 (0.67-2.64)
P value for trend .4 .4 .3
Unprovoked PE n = 70
 VWF Q1 210 18 Ref. Ref. Ref.
 VWF Q2 211 17 0.94 (0.47-1.88) 0.90 (0.44-1.83) 0.88 (0.43-1.80)
 VWF Q3 210 16 0.89 (0.44-1.80) 0.89 (0.43-1.82) 0.89 (0.43-1.84)
 VWF Q4 212 19 1.04 (0.52-2.08) 0.98 (0.49-1.98) 0.97 (0.48-1.96)
P value for trend .9 .9 .9

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex. Model 2: model 1 + BMI and CRP. Model 3: model 2 + smoking, hypertension, and estrogen use.