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. 2021 Oct 1;29(1):339–344. doi: 10.1111/ene.15113

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) cases with thrombocytopenia within 28 days after adenoviral vector SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination

Patients with CVST after adenoviral vector vaccination

N = 266

Until 28 March

N = 99

After 28 March

N = 167

Age, median (IQR), years 46 (33–57) 46 (37–55)
Female sex, n/N (%) 83/99 (84) 108/167 (65)
Intracranial haemorrhage at baseline, n/N (%) a 28/79 (35) 43/144 (30)
Confirmed COVID‐19 infection, n/N (%) b 1/99 (1) 2/167 (1)
Lowest reported platelet count, median (IQR), ×109/L 27 (14–60)†† 42 (20–65)‡‡
Mortality, n/N (%) 47/99 (47) c 36/167 (22) c

Number of missing values: 18; 29; ††17; ‡‡46.

Abbreviations: COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; CVST, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; IQR, interquartile range.

a

Missing cases (N = 43) had an intracranial haemorrhage with an unknown onset date.

b

One patient had a COVID‐19 infection prior to CVST onset; the date of COVID‐19 infection onset was unknown in the other two patients.

c

p < 0.001.