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Table 5 Crude- and adjusted odds ratios (OR) for impaired HRQoL assessed by VEINES-QOL

From: Health-related quality of life after deep vein thrombosis

Variable

VEINES-QOL

N = 195

Crude OR (95 % CI)

p value#

Adjusted ORa (95 % CI)

p value# adjusted

Female

67

2.0 (1.1–3.8)

0.025

2.5 (1.1–6.0)

0.04

Age (continuous variable)

195

1.0 (1.0–1.0)

1.0

  

Time from DVT to examination (continuous variable)

195

1.0 (0.9-1.2)

0.8

  

Unemployed

108

1.8 (1.0–3.4)

0.07

  

BMI > 30.0 kg/m2

56

5.0 (2.6–9.7)

<0.001

4.1 (1.7–9.7)

<0.001

Current or previous daily smoking

103

1.0 (0.5–1.7)

0.8

  

Still on anticoagulation

52

1.4 (0.7– 2.7)

0.3

  

No ECS after DVT

14

0.5 (0.1–2)

0.4

  

COPD

8

1.2 (0.3–5.4)

0.8

  

Heart failure

10

9.2 (1.9–44.8)

0.06

  

Current or previous cancer

13

0.9 (0.3–3.1)

0.9

  

Proximal DVTb

120

0.8 (0.5–1.7)

0.7

  

PTS

91

28.7 (11.3–73.0)

<0.001

28.2 (10.6–75.0)

<0.001

Multiple DVTs

59

1.8 (1.0–3.5)

0.06

  

Provoked DVT

64

1.1 (0.6–2.1)

0.7

  
  1. DVT deep vein thrombosis, ECS elastic compression stockings, BMI body mass index, PTS post thrombotic syndrome, COPD chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, Impaired HRQoL VEINES-QOL <25th percentile in patient group (41.7)
  2. #Wald test
  3. aAdjusted for all other significant variables in the multivariate model
  4. bIn or above popliteal vein