Table 1

Patient details

Patient No	Age	Sex	Thrombophilia screen	Possible risk factors
1	48	M	Negative	Nil
2	61	F	Negative	Nil
3	60	M	Mild raised homocysteine	Nil
4	65	F	Negative	Nil
7	69	M	Mild raised homocysteine	Migraine
8	62	M	Negative	Nil
9	56	F	Negative	Smoker
10	57	F	Negative	Smoker
11	51	F	Negative	CVA
12	66	M	Negative	Nil
13	62	F	Negative	Nil
14	67	F	Negative	CVA
15	63	F	Negative	Nil
16		F	Negative	Nil
17	57	M	Negative	Smoker
18	57	M	Negative	Nil
19	67	F	Low titre antiphospholipid antibodies	Nil
20	54	M	Negative	Migraine
21	43	F	Negative	Nil
22	68	M	Negative	Nil
23	52	F	Heterozygous factor V Leiden	Smoker DVT
24	51	F	Negative	Nil
25	62	F	Negative	Nil
26	69	M	Negative	DVT increased cholesterol
27	65	F	Negative	MI increased cholesterol

DVT = deep vein thrombosis; MI = myocardial infarction; CVA = cerebrovascular accident.