Patient Baseline Characteristics

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; PE = pulmonary embolism; VTE = venous thromboembolism.a)Overall, missing values were 0.5% for BMI, 0.1% for nursing home care, 0.2% for higher level of education, 0.1% for history of major bleeding, 6.6% for hemoglobin level, and 6.6% for platelet count.b)High school or post high school attendance.c)Symptomatic PE with or without a deep vein thrombosis.d)VTE event occurring during a hospital stay.e)Requiring chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, or palliative care during the last three months.f)Acute heart failure or history of heart failure or coronary heart disease.g)Glomerular filtration rate h)Hemoglobin level i)Use of aspirin, clopidogrel, prasugrel, and/or dipyridamol.k)Concomitant use of more than four drugs.(n = 950).