Research Article

Urinary Prothrombin Fragment 1+2 in relation to Development of Non-Symptomatic and Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolic Events following Total Knee Replacement

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the cases and the sex- and age-matched, event-free control group. *Creatinine clearance for men: (140 − age) × weight / (72 × serum creatinine, mg/dL); creatinine clearance for women: 0.85 × (140 − age) × weight / (72 × serum creatinine, mg/dL). 𝑛 = 1 3 8 . 𝑛 = 1 3 7 .

Venous thromboembolic event patients ( 𝑛 = 1 4 2 )Control patients ( 𝑛 = 1 4 0 )

Males/females, n (%)50/92 (35.2/64.8)50/90 (35.7/64.3)
Age, years, median (range)70 (48–85)69 (48–86)
Height, cm, median (range)165.1 (142–195.6)165.0 (140–193)
Weight, kg, median (range)86.3 (52–124.9)84.1 (53.3–140.9)
Body mass index, kg/m2, median (range)30.3 (20.8–48.4)31.0 (19.7–49.5)
Creatinine clearance, mL/min; calculated, median (range)*92.4 (34.9–224.7)88.6 (32.0–184.0)