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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with plasma exchange in Japan: a nationwide inpatient database study

 

Total

(n = 1,559)

Age, years, median (IQR)

64 (46–74)

Male, n (%)

639 (41)

Smoking history, n (%)

 

 Nonsmoker

885 (57)

 Current/past smoker

414 (27)

 Unknown

260 (17)

Japan Coma Scale on admission, n (%)

 

 Alert

1187 (76)

 Confusion

245 (16)

 Somnolence

62 (4)

 Coma

65 (4)

Comorbidities on admission, n (%)

 

 Coronary artery diseases

11 (1)

 Congestive heart failure

112 (7)

 Cerebral vascular disease

112 (7)

 Dementia

11 (1)

 Chronic lung disease

39 (3)

 Connective tissue disease

220 (14)

 Chronic liver disease

62 (4)

 Diabetes

169 (11)

 Chronic kidney disease

177 (11)

 Malignancy

124 (8)

 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

2 (0)

Ambulance use, n (%)

481 (31)

ICU admission, n (%)

618 (40)

  1. IQR interquartile range, ICU intensive care unit