Research Article

Elevated Heparin-Induced Antibodies Are More Common in Diabetic Patients with Vascular Disease

Table 2

Patients with diabetes (DM) and without diabetes (nDM) presenting with acquired heparin platelet factor 4 (HPF4) antibodies.

HPF4 antibodiesDM (%)nDM (%) Total (%)

Present 13 (30)*5 (12)18 (21)
Not present 30 (70)37 (88)67 (79)

Total43 (51)42 (49)85 (100)

Chi-squared test .