Table 1

Patient characteristics of the hypothetical cohort of 1000 patients with cancer at risk of recurrent VTE

UnitValueReference
Age (years)6715
Proportion male53%15
BMI (kg/m2)25.615
Type of cancer
 Early or locally advanced cancer39%15
 Metastatic cancer58%15
 Haematologic malignancy2%15
Distribution of PE and DVT
 % index VTE that is symptomatic PE20%15
 % index VTE that is incidental PE53%15
 % index VTE that is DVT27%15
  • BMI, body mass index; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism; VTE, venous thromboembolism