SELE and deep vein thrombosis: In the VTE subgroup, associations of the amount of CECs and CD62E+ with the number of leukocytes (r = +0.515, p = 0.041; r = +0.605, p = 0.013), of CD142+ CECs with the thrombosis count (r = +0.568, p = 0.022) and of antithrombin levels with CD54+ CECs (r = +0.558, p = 0.025) were detected.