| Characteristics | Patients treated at home | Patients treated in the hospital | p-value |
| Subjects n | 297 | 233 | |
| Age yrs | 55±15 | 62±17 | <0.001 |
| Male sex | 172 (58) | 116 (50) | 0.066 |
| Immobilisation or surgery | 27 (9) | 71 (31) | <0.001 |
| Paralysis or plaster | 10 (3.4) | 13 (6) | 0.205 |
| Oestrogen use | 47 (16) | 15 (6) | 0.001 |
| History of VTE | 74 (25) | 54 (23) | 0.683 |
| Heart failure | 1 (0.3) | 14 (6) | <0.001 |
| COPD | 11 (3.7) | 24 (10) | 0.003 |
| Active malignancy | 28 (9) | 48 (21) | <0.001 |
| Hospitalisation# days | 0.3±0.4 | 7.4±6.9 | <0.001 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise stated. VTE: venous thromboembolism; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. #: data were missing in 126 (23%) patients.