Table 2 Features of PICC-VTE in NPC patients

From: Symptomatic venous thromboembolism associated with peripherally inserted central catheters predicts a worse survival in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: results of a large cohort, propensity score–matched analysis

Variables	No. of patients (%)
Gender
Female	58 (26.7)
Male	159 (73.3)
Age,yr	45.29 ± 11.13^b
Insertion arm
Dominant	135 (62.21)
Non-dominant	82 (37.79)
Insertion days	32.00 (59.00)^a
Insertion vein
Basilic	213 (98.16)
Cephalic	3 (1.38)
Median antebrachial	1 (0.46)
Thrombosis position
Superficial vein	82 (37.79)
Deep vein involved	135 (62.21)
Pulmonary embolism	0 (0)
Treatment
LMW heparin	35 (16.13)
Warfarin	25 (11.52)
Rivaroxaban	77 (35.48)
Others	80 (36.87)

Abbreviations: LMW heparin Low-molecular-weight heparin
Values were numbers (percentages) of patients unless stated otherwise
^awas presented as median (IQR)
^b was reported as mean ± SD

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