Table 5.
Overall Mortality for Each Category of at Admission pDd Range and Intensity of the Applied Anticoagulation During Hospitalization in All the Studied Population
| pDd (μg/mL) | No anticoagulation | Anticoagulation intensity | p* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Intermediate | Full | |||
| All values | 234 (19.2%) | 961 (14.6%) | 123 (20.9%) | 355 (28.6%) | <0.0001 |
| > 1.0 | 143 (42.3%) | 476 (26.3%) | 67 (27.8%) | 166 (35.0%) | <0.0001 |
| > 2.0 | 71 (51.0%) | 243 (32.6%) | 36 (28.8%) | 79 (33.7%) | 0.0001 |
| > 3.0 | 42 (50.6%) | 155 (33.2%) | 27 (34.2%) | 61 (31.3%) | 0.0183 |
| > 4.0 | 36 (52.1%) | 110 (32.5%) | 24 (35.2%) | 44 (31.2%) | 0.0131 |
| > 5.0 | 26 (54.1%) | 80 (33.8%) | 21 (42.0%) | 32 (28.5%) | 0.0127 |
For each pDd category overall mortality is expressed as the absolute number of deaths (n) and percentage referred to all the patients in the considered pDd range (%). The lowest mortality group for each range of pDd is marked in grey
pDd, plasmatic D-dimer value
*Comparison among the four anticoagulation intensity groups