Table 2. Difference in bleeding and thromboembolic complications by gender among patients with MHVs at PMH, Gaborone (n = 142).
| Complications | All (n = 142) | Male (n = 45) | Female (n = 97) | p-value |
| Major bleeding complications, n (%) | 20 (14.1) | 8 (17.8) | 12 (13.4) | 0.389 |
| Intracranial bleeding | 3 (15) | 2 (25.0) | 1 (8.3) | 0.537 |
| Intra-ocular | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (8.3) | 1.000 |
| Gastrointestinal | 10 (50) | 4 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | 1.000 |
| Haematuria/menorrhagia/epistaxis | 6 (30) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (33.4) | 1.000 |
| Thrombotic complications, n (%) | 32 (22.5) | 10 (31.2) | 22 (68.8) | 0.711 |
| Stroke/TIA | 25 (78.1) | 7 (70.0) | 18 (81.8) | 0.662 |
| Valve thrombosis | 7 (21.9) | 3 (30.0) | 4 (18.2) | 0.580 |
PMH, Princess Marina Hospital; TIA, transient ischaemic attack; MHVs, mechanical heart valves.