Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study population and clinical characteristics.

From: Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis from γ-butylbetaine and l-carnitine in plasma and urine based on untargeted and targeted metabolomics

 

Plasma

Urine

DVT cases

Control

P value

T value

DVT cases

Control

P value

T value

Number, n (%)

88 (51.5)

83 (48.5)

  

65 (46.1)

76 (53.9)

  

Sex

 Females (%)

37 (42.5)

32 (38.6)

0.642

 

25 (38.5)

32 (42.1)

0.017*

 

 Males (%)

51 (58.6)

51 (61.4)

 

40 (61.5)

44 (57.9)

 

 Age (mean ± SD) years

63.50 ± 12.098

58.25 ± 12.191

0.005**

2.823

64.91 ± 12.367

56.83 ± 13.073

 < 0.001

 − 3.744

 BMI (mean ± SD), Kg/m2

24.60 ± 9.721

24.533 ± 2.969

0.900

0.126

25.200 ± 3.730

24.696 ± 2.869

0.326

 − 0.985

 Smoking, n (%)

15 (17.0)

17 (20.5)

0.565

 

15 (23.1)

12 (15.8)

0.273

 

 Alcohol consumption (g/d), n (%)

9 (10.2)

11 (13.3)

0.538

 

7 (10.8)

8 (10.5)

0.963

 

 Hypertension, n (%)

33 (37.5)

20 (24.1)

0.058

 

28 (43.1)

16 (21.1)

0.005**

 

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

7 (8.0)

9 (10.8)

0.517

 

6 (9.2)

10 (13.2)

0.464

 

Risk factors provoked, n (%)

 Cancer

13 (14.8)

7 (8.4)

0.197

 

12 (18.5)

6 (7.9)

0.061

 

 Fracture (< 3 months)

19 (21.6)

 

 < 0.001

 

8 (12.3)

6 (7.9)

0.382

 

 Inflammation (< 3 months)

10 (11.4)

 

0.002**

 

5 (7.7)

 

0.019*

 

 Operative injury (< 3 months)

4 (4.5)

1 (1.2)

0.369

 

3 (4.6)

2 (2.6)

0.525

 

 Stroke, n (%)

4 (4.5)

7 (8.4)

0.360

 

6 (9.2)

5 (6.6)

0.486

 

 Autoimmune disease, n (%)

2 (2.3)

 

0.497

 

1 (1.5)

1 (1.3)

0.911

 

 Hypothyroidism

2 (2.3)

 

0.497

 

1 (1.5)

1 (1.3)

0.911

 

 Coronary heart disease

1 (1.1)

2 (2.4)

0.612

  

2 (2.6)

0.499

 

 Others

    

1 (1.5)

 

0.461

 
  1. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05.
  2. DVT deep vein thrombosis, SD standard deviation.