Prognosis of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism in Buenos Aires: a prospective cohort study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 3 Baseline characteristics between complete and lost follow up patients

	Complete follow up	Lost of follow up	p
	n = 1573	n = 162	p
Median age, years	68	63	<0.001
Sex-Female, %	41%	39%	0.60
Median stay, days	8	8	0.67
Comorbidities
Diabetes	13.9%	19.3 %	0.07
Hypertension	65.3%	66.3%	0.81
Smoking	11.9%	16.5%	0.09
Heart Failure	16.9%	15.4%	0.62
Coronary heart disease	12.5%	11.2%	0.64
Dyslipidemia	45.6%	48.8%	0.45
Cerebrovascular Accident	5.8%	5.6%	0.60
Active neoplasia	40.9%	24.1%	<0.01
Nephrotic syndrome	0.8%	2.9%	0.21
Charlson Score*	2	1	<0.001
Immobilization within 4 weeks	37%	24.8%	0.04
Median Body Mass Index, kg/m²	27	27	0.04

* p < 0.05. Categorical variables were compared with the chi² test and continuous variables with the Mann Whitney U test.

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