Table 4.
Characteristics and outcome of early VTE and late VTE in the incidence study cohort.
| All VTE patients n = 183 |
Early VTE* patients n = 88 (48.1%) | Late VTE** patients n = 95 (51.9%) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), median (IQR). | 68 (58–78) | 74 (54–82) | 65 (58–74) | 0.078 |
| Male gender, n (%) | 112 (61.2) | 42 (47.7) | 70 (73.7) | <0.001 |
| VTE type, n (%) | ||||
| PE | 158 (86.4) | 74 (84) | 84 (88.4) | |
| DVT | 21 (11.4) | 11 (12.5) | 10 (10.5) | 0.598 |
| PE and DVT | 4 (2.2) | 3 (3.4) | 1 (1) | |
| PE type, n (%) | ||||
| Central | 73 (46.2) | 43 (57.3) | 30 (37) | 0.011 |
| Peripheral | 85 (53.8) | 32 (42.7) | 51 (63) | |
| ICU admission, n (%) | 31 (16.9) | 4 (4.5) | 27 (28.4) | <0.001 |
| Exitus, n (%) | 33 (18) | 14 (15.9) | 19 (20) | 0.472 |
*Early VTE: ≤48 h from admission; **Late VTE: >48 h from admission. DVT = deep vein thrombosis; ICU = intensive care unit; IQR = interquartile range; PE = pulmonary thromboembolism; VTE = venous thromboembolism.