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Table 2 Platelets and use of antiplatelet drugs and heparin in the tertiles

From: Baseline thrombospondin-1 concentrations are not associated with mortality in septic patients: a single-center cohort study on the intensive care unit

 

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

Tertile 3

p

Platelet count (×109/L), median (IQR)

159 (93–245)

198 (137–272)

295 (201–438)

0.04

Thrombocytopenia (<150 × 109/L), n (%)

35 (47)

23 (32)

12 (16)

0.00

ASA use, n (%)

12 (15)

14 (18)

16 (21)

0.68

Heparin, n (%)

None

8 (10)

4 (5)

5 (6)

0.35

LMWH, prophylactic

53 (67)

49 (64)

58 (74)

 

LMWH, therapeutic

12 (15)

20 (26)

10 (13)

 

UFH

6 (8)

4 (5)

5 (6)

 
  1. Data are presented as numbers with proportions and medians with IQR (platelet counts are not normally distributed)
  2. ASA acetylsalicylic acid, LMWH low molecular weight heparin, UFH unfractionated heparin
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