Table 1.
Risk factor profile in male and female groups.
| Risk Factors | Male Group (Nr. of Cases 31) |
Female Group (Nr. of Cases 58) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary thrombophilia | 9 (29.0%) | 20 (34.4%) | |
| Women’s health conditions | All | 0 | 22 (37.9%) |
| Hormonal contraception | 0 | 12 (20.7%) | |
| Hormone replacement therapy | 0 | 0 | |
| Pregnancy | 0 | 0 | |
| Puerperium | 0 | 10 (17.2%) | |
| Cancer | 1 (3.2%) (pulmonary) | 5 (8.6%) (1 ENT, 1 gynecological, 1 breast) |
|
| Systemic autoimmune disorders | 1 (3.2%) lupus | 5 (8.6%) (3 lupus 2 autoimmune thyroid disease) |
|
| Hematological disorders | 1 (3.2%) thrombocytosis |
5 (8.6%) 1 thrombocytosis 1 pancytopenia 1 paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria 1 Hodgkin, 1 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
|
| Infection | All infections | 7 (22.6%) | 10 (17.2%) |
| Local infections (ear, sinus, face, neck) | 5 (16.1%) | 7 (12.1%) | |
| Systemic infection-sepsis | 1 (3.2%) | 3 (5.2%) | |
| Meningeal infection | 1 (3.2%) (meningitis) | 0 | |
| Mechanical factors | All | 1 (3.2%) | 10 (17.2%) |
| Neurosurgical intervention | 0 | 3 (5.2%) | |
| Lumbar puncture | 0 | 6 (10.3%) | |
| Head trauma | 1 (3.2%) | 1 (1.72%) | |
| Obesity | 3 (9.7%) | 10 (17.2%) | |
| Smoking | 13 (41.9%) | 15 (25.8%) | |
| Heavy alcohol consumption | 5 (16.1%) | 2 (3.4%) | |
| Venous thromboembolism in the medical history | 4 (12.9%) | 2 (3.4%) | |
| No risk factor identified | 9 (29.0%) | 7 (12.1%) |