Table 1 Patient characteristics

Age, mean (± SD) median [1^st and 3^rd quartiles], years

 All cancer patients, at inclusion hospital stay (n = 340,946)

69.7 (± 12.0)

66.5 (± 10.9)

68.3 (± 12.5)

68.5 (± 12.3)

61.1 (± 13.6)

70 [62–78]

66 [59–74]

68 [60–78]

69 [61–77]

61 [51–71]

 Cancer patients with a hospitalized VTE, at index hospital stay (n = 24,433)

68.7 (± 11.2)

65.5 (± 10.9)

68.2 (± 12.3)

70.4 (± 12.1)

65.6 (± 13.8)

69 [62–77]

65 [58–73]

69 [60–77]

71 [63–80]

66 [56–76]

Sex, female (%)

 All cancer patients (n = 340,946)

10,841 (49%)

23,951 (32%)

6,630 (29%)

46,431 (44%)

115,540 (99%)

 Cancer patients with a hospitalized VTE (n = 24,433)

1,592 (49%)

2,848 (34%)

650 (29%)

3,114 (44%)

3,545 (98%)

Time between first cancer-related hospital stay^a and index VTE hospital stay, mean (± SD) median [1^st and 3^rd quartiles], months

 Cancer patients with a hospitalized VTE (n = 24,433)

8.7 (± 12.9)

10.9 (± 15.3)

10.6 (± 14.3)

14.7 (± 18.8)

21.1 (± 21.5)

3.4 [0–12.9]

4.6 [0.1–16.2]

5.3 [1.1–15.3]

7.2 [0.9–21.2]

14.7 [3.3–33.9]

Cancer status, active^b (%)

 All cancer patients, at inclusion hospital stay (n = 340,946)

14,926 (67%)

46,803 (63%)

14,305 (63%)

48,793 (47%)

61,948 (53%)

 Cancer patients with a hospitalized VTE, at index hospital stay (n = 24,433)

2,023 (62%)

5,930 (71%)

1,451 (65%)

4,446 (63%)

2,584 (72%)

Presence of metastases, yes (%)

 All cancer patients, at inclusion hospital stay (n = 340,946)

7,838 (35%)

31,198 (42%)

8,578 (38%)

36,891 (35%)

41,042 (35%)

 Cancer patients with a hospitalized VTE, at index hospital stay (n = 24,433)

1,279 (40%)

4,374 (52%)

1,081 (48%)

3,537 (50%)

2,036 (56%)

Clinical events during the three months prior to the hospitalized VTE (n = 24,433)

 Infections^c

432 (13%)

1214 (15%)

333 (15%)

693 (10%)

319 (9%)

 Surgery

280 (9%)

899 (11%)

308 (14%)

1214 (17%)

555 (15%)

 Trauma

54 (2%)

199 (2%)

36 (2%)

157 (2%)

77 (2%)

 Respiratory failure

48 (1%)

361 (4%)

72 (3%)

81 (1%)

52 (1%)

 Heart failure

14 (< 1%)

57 (1%)

6 (< 1%)

30 (< 1%)

16 (< 1%)

 Stroke

12 (< 1%)

66 (1%)

6 (< 1%)

13 (< 1%)

8 (< 1%)