Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with suspected HIT

CharacteristicsHIT negativeHIT positiveMissing data
H/PF4-ab negativeH/PF4-ab positiveHIPA positive
1201 73 119  
Male sex, n (%) 765 (63.9) 51 (69.9) 71 (59.7)  
Age, median (IQR) 67.25 (58.05-75.19) 61.31 (54.23-75.88) 64.65 (55.50-74.48)  
Setting, n (%)    1 (0.1) 
ICU 443 (36.9) 36 (49.3) 40 (33.6)  
Cardiovascular surgery 376 (31.3) 20 (27.4) 47 (39.5)  
Internal medicine 246 (20.5) 11 (15.1) 16 (13.4)  
General surgery 118 (9.8) 5 (6.8) 9 (7.6)  
Major trauma 4 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 6 (5.0)  
Other 13 (1.1) 1 (1.4) 1 (0.8)  
Sepsis, n (%) 578 (48.1) 42 (57.5) 57 (47.9) 0 (0.0) 
CRP, median (IQR), mg/L 89 (35-176) 64 (20-150) 87 (44-146) 86 (6.2) 
SARS-CoV-2 infection, n (%) 67 (5.6) 15 (20.8) 7 (5.9) 9 (0.6) 
Unfractionated heparin, n (%) 934 (77.8) 61 (83.6) 103 (86.6) 0 (0.0) 
4Ts score, median (IQR) 3 (2-4) 4 (3-5) 5 (4-6) 0 (0.0) 
Platelet nadir, median (IQR), ×109/L 60 (38-85) 76 (46-115) 52 (32-73) 22 (1.6) 
CLIA, median (IQR), U/mL 0.0 (0.00-0.09) 2.27 (1.48-4.90) 10.35 (3.76-24.59) 75 (5.4) 
CharacteristicsHIT negativeHIT positiveMissing data
H/PF4-ab negativeH/PF4-ab positiveHIPA positive
1201 73 119  
Male sex, n (%) 765 (63.9) 51 (69.9) 71 (59.7)  
Age, median (IQR) 67.25 (58.05-75.19) 61.31 (54.23-75.88) 64.65 (55.50-74.48)  
Setting, n (%)    1 (0.1) 
ICU 443 (36.9) 36 (49.3) 40 (33.6)  
Cardiovascular surgery 376 (31.3) 20 (27.4) 47 (39.5)  
Internal medicine 246 (20.5) 11 (15.1) 16 (13.4)  
General surgery 118 (9.8) 5 (6.8) 9 (7.6)  
Major trauma 4 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 6 (5.0)  
Other 13 (1.1) 1 (1.4) 1 (0.8)  
Sepsis, n (%) 578 (48.1) 42 (57.5) 57 (47.9) 0 (0.0) 
CRP, median (IQR), mg/L 89 (35-176) 64 (20-150) 87 (44-146) 86 (6.2) 
SARS-CoV-2 infection, n (%) 67 (5.6) 15 (20.8) 7 (5.9) 9 (0.6) 
Unfractionated heparin, n (%) 934 (77.8) 61 (83.6) 103 (86.6) 0 (0.0) 
4Ts score, median (IQR) 3 (2-4) 4 (3-5) 5 (4-6) 0 (0.0) 
Platelet nadir, median (IQR), ×109/L 60 (38-85) 76 (46-115) 52 (32-73) 22 (1.6) 
CLIA, median (IQR), U/mL 0.0 (0.00-0.09) 2.27 (1.48-4.90) 10.35 (3.76-24.59) 75 (5.4) 

This table presents demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of 1393 consecutive patients included in a prospective, multicenter cohort study. Patients were stratified into 3 groups: (1) HIT-negative without heparin/PF4 antibodies, (2) HIT-negative with heparin/PF4 antibodies, and (3) HIT-positive, defined by a positive washed-platelet HIPA test.

ab, antibody; CLIA, chemiluminescent immunoassay capturing antibodies against heparin/PF4 complexes; CRP, C-reactive protein; ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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