Predictors of Venous Thromboembolic Events Associated with Central Venous Port Insertion in Cancer Patients

Table 2

Incidence of thrombotic events at 3 months and 12 months (proportion and CI95).

	3 months		12 months
	All events	Symptomatic events	All events	Symptomatic events
Subclavian DVT	3.0% (1.9–4.0)	2.1% (1.2–3.1)	5.9% (4.5–7.8)	4.1% (2.7–5.4)
PE	3.0% (1.9–4.0)	1.4% (0.7–2.1)	5.5% (4.1–6.9)	2.7% (1.6–3.7)
Catheter-related event (subclavian DVT or PE)	5.9% (4.4–7.3)	3.6% (2.4–4.7)	11.3% (9.4–13.2)	6.7% (5.1–8.4)
Lower extremity or visceral DVT	2.2% (1.3–3.1)	1.3% (0.6–2.1)	4.6% (3.3–5.9)	2.8% (1.7–3.9)
All thrombotic events	7.6% (6.0–9.3)	4.7% (3.4–6.0)	15.3% (13.1–17.6)	9.3% (7.3–11.2)