Compliant

(n = 69)

Noncompliant

(n = 36)

p-value

Age

40.19 ± 13.8

33.36 ± 13.71

0.017

Gender Male Female

41 (59.4%)

28 (40.6%)

30 (83.3%)

6 (16.7%)

0.01

Race

Arabic African Asian

52 (75.4%)

3 (4.4%)

14 (20.2%)

14 (38.9%)

9 (25%)

13 (36.1%)

0.003

Frequency of follow-up/days

(23 - 42) 32.32 ± 4.21

(17 - 273) 67.73 ± 38.61

< 0.001

Warfarin dose

3.29 ± 1.45

4.05 ± 1.19

0.008

Mean INR

2.28 ± 0.61

2.18 ± 0.65

0.43

Marital status Single Married

12 57

11 25

0.14

Assistance at home Yes No

51 18

19 17

0.049

Employment Employed Unemployed

41 18

20 16

0.83

Number of drugs Single Multiple

45 24

21 36

0.024

Education Level Educated Uneducated

46 32

16 20

0.037