Actual Situation of Thromboembolic Prophylaxis in Obesity Surgery: Data of Quality Assurance in Bariatric Surgery in Germany

Table 6

Diagnosed events of VTE and PE during the first 90 postoperative days in dependence on gender and BMI.

	VTE risk; (95% confidence interval) (%)	VTE relative risk (95% confidence interval) (%)	𝑃	PE risk; (95% confidence interval) (%)	PE relative risk (95% confidence interval) (%)	𝑃
Male	0.09 (0.02–0.27)	1.3691 (0.5594–3.3509)	0.5085	0.12 (0.03–0.31)	1.3242 (0.6056–2.8953)	0.5216
Female	0.06 (0.02–0.14)	0.8608 (0.5032–1.4725)		0.08 (0.03–0.17)	0.8773 (0.5611–1.3715)
BMI (kg/m²)
30.0–34.9	0.00 (—)			0.00 (—)
35.0–39.9	0.00 (—)			0.00 (—)
40.0–44.9	0.07 (0.01–0.26)	1.129	0.3090	0.04 (0.00–0.20)	0.342 (0.040–2.929)	0.7783
45.0–49.9	0.11 (0.02–0.32)	1.682		0.18 (0.06–0.42)	1.697 (0.491–5.866)
>50.0	0.06 (0.01–0.19)	1.000		0.11 (0.03–0.25)	1.000