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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients in COVID-19 phase and pre-COVID-19 phase

From: Active surveillance with telemedicine in patients on anticoagulants during the national lockdown (COVID-19 phase) and comparison with pre-COVID-19 phase

Clinical characteristic

Pre-COVID phase

COVID phase

p value

Patient (n)

614

600

 

Age (in years) + SD

55.27 ± 17.09

56.97 ± 15.09

0.56

Sex (M/F)

402/212

378/222

0.37

Rural (n, %)

387 (63.03)

398 (66.34)

0.23

Urban (n, %)

227 (36.97)

202 (33.67)

HTN (n, %)

238 (38.76)

218 (36.33)

0.40

Diabetes (n, %)

213 (34.6)

189 (31.5)

0.24

CKD (n,%)

73 (11.88)

54 (9)

0.11

CAD (n, %)

205 (33.38)

189 (31.5)

0.50

Indication of OAC

 Atrial fibrillation (n, %)

156 (25.4)

174 (29)

0.17

 Prosthetic valve (n, %)

254 (41.3)

232 (38.7)

0.34

 Pulmonary thromboembolism (n, %)

117 (19.1)

101 (16.9)

0.33

 Other (n, %)

87 (14.16)

93 (15.5)

0.46

Drugs

 OAC (n, %)

525 (86.6)

506 (84.4)

0.57

 NOAC (n, %)

89 (14.4)

94 (15.6)

0.57

 Antiplatelets (n, %)

267 (43.48)

218 (36.33)

0.01

  1. OAC oral anticoagulants-warfarin and nicoumalone, HTN hypertension, CKD chronic kidney disease, CAD coronary artery disease