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. 2021 May 10;48(4):446–458. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1729169

Table 6. Demographics, risk factors, and anticoagulation for IDDVT, PDVT ± DDVT, and PE ± any DVT, reported in observational VTE studies.

Barco et al 13
Single-center, retrospective
N  = 831
Italy, 2000–2012
RIETE, 14 N  = 11,086
24 countries worldwide
2001–2008
OPTIMEV, 15 N  = 1,643
France, 2004–2006
GARFIELD-VTE, 16 N  = 10,088
28 countries
worldwide
2014–2017
RE-COVERY DVT/PE, N  = 5,722
34 countries
worldwide
2016–2017
IDDVT PDVT IDDVT PDVT IDDVT PDVT IDDVT PDVT PE IDDVT PDVT PE
Patients, n (%) 202 (24.3) 629 (75.7) 1,921 (17.3) 9,165 (82.7) 933 (56.8) 710 (43.2) 2,145 (21.3) 3,846 (38.1) 4,097 (40.6) 1,016 (17.6) 2,305 (39.9) 2,415 (42.5)
Female, % 56 49 49 48 58 52 52 49 49 51 47 51
Age, mean or median, years 66 67 65 70 62 69 56 58 60 58 62 63
Caucasian ethnicity, % 69.1 64.1 73.6 81.7 78.6 70.9
Risk factors, %
 History of VTE 3 a 5 a 15 17 29 34 14 17 15 11 13 10
 Active cancer 24 23 14 22 11 20 7 10 10 8 10 12
 Trauma/surgery 14/21 9/17 –/15 –/11 –/22 –/12 13/15 9/11 5/13 6 (either) 7 (either) 8 (either)
 Immobilization 23 17 24 28 18 20 4 3 2
Anticoagulation therapy, %
 Any anticoagulant 97 88 97 b 97 b 81 c 92 c 97 d 98 d 98 d
 OAC 32 73
 VKA 70 c 70 c 24 d 31 d 30 d 24 e 22 e 24 e
 NOAC 50 d 46 d 47 d 56 e 55 e 53 e
 Parenteral only 17 d 16 d 16 d 20 e 21 e 18 e

Abbreviations: DDVT, distal DVT; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; GARFIELD-VTE: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Venous Thromboembolic Events; IDDVT, isolated DDVT; NOAC, non-VKA oral anticoagulant; OAC, oral anticoagulant; OPTIMEV: OPTimisation de l'Interrogatoire dans l'évaluation du risque throMbo-Embolique Veineux; PDVT, proximal DVT; PE, pulmonary embolism; RIETE: Registro Informatizado de pacientes con Enfermedad TromboEmbólica; VKA, vitamin K antagonist; VTE, venous thromboembolism.

a

Family history of VTE.

b

For ≥10 days.

c

For 3-month follow-up period.

d

For ≤30 days.

e

Up to hospital discharge or 14 days after diagnosis (whichever was later).