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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the associations between patient characteristics and VTE

From: Does anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction increase venous thromboembolism risk compared with knee meniscectomy under arthroscopy?

Patient characteristics

Total VTE

Major VTE

P value

OR [95% CI]

P value

OR [95% CI]

ACLR vs. Meniscectomy

0.056

3.20 [0.97–10.54]

0.163

5.26 [0.51–54.30]

Age

0.059

1.06 [1.00–1.13]

0.310

1.07 [0.94–1.20]

Sex (male)

0.542

1.44 [0.51–3.66]

0.635

1.61 [0.22–11.60]

BMI

0.054

1.15 [1.00–1.30]

0.404

1.12 [0.86–1.44]

Smoking

0.248

0.44 [0.07–2.02]

0.955

0.93 [0.06–13.51]

Concomitant surgery

0.832

0.77 [0.36–2.30]

0.713

0.72 [0.12–4.24]

Caprini score

0.718

0.54 [0.48–2.87]

0.773

1.29 [0.23–7.07]

Tourniquet time

0.288

1.00 [0.99–1.03]

0.348

1.02 [0.98–1.06]

  1. ACLR anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, VTE venous thromboembolism, OR odds ratio, BMI body mass index