Body mass index, surgery, and risk of venous thromboembolism in middle-aged women: a cohort study

L Parkin, S Sweetland, A Balkwill, J Green, G Reeves… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
… relative risks of venous thromboembolism with increasing body mass index are consistent …
3-fold increased risk of venous thromboembolism associated with a body mass index ≥30 kg/…

Relationship between body mass index, risk of venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort …

J Rahmani, AH Roudsari, H Bawadi, J Thompson… - Thrombosis …, 2020 - Elsevier
… the relationship between body mass index and the risk of VTE and PEThe findings of this
systematic review suggest that a higher body mass index increases the risk of venous and …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of body mass index on clinical outcomes in venous thromboembolism: insights from GARFIELD‐VTE

JI Weitz, AE Farjat, W Ageno, AGG Turpie… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2021 - Elsevier
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), encompassing both deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and …
Indeed, a linear relationship between body mass index and the risk of VTE risk has been reported…

The effects of age, body mass index, smoking and general health on the risk of venous thromboembolism in users of combined oral contraceptives

AL Nightingale, RA Lawrenson… - … European Journal of …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
… risk factors for venous thromboembolism in combined oral … a body mass index of 25 kg/m2
or more are at an increased risk for venous thromboembolism compared to those with a body

The epidemiology of venous thromboembolism

JA Heit, FA Spencer, RH White - Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2016 - Springer
… Independent risk factors for VTE include increasing patient age and body mass index, major
… D-dimer and family history of venous thromboembolism; patients with chronic liver disease …

Anthropometry, body fat, and venous thromboembolism: a Danish follow-up study

MT Severinsen, SR Kristensen, SP Johnsen… - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
… Positive associations were found between VTE and body weight, body massbody fat
mass. Obesity is an established risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE), ie, deep venous

Body mass index and mortality in patients with acute venous thromboembolism: findings from the RIETE registry

R Barba, A Zapatero, JE Losa, V Valdes… - … of Thrombosis and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… Background: There is little information on the influence of body mass index (BMI) on mortality
in patients with acute venous thromboembolism (VTE). Patients and methods: RIETE is an …

Prepregnancy maternal body mass index and venous thromboembolism: a population‐based cohort study

AJ Butwick, J Bentley, SA Leonard… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… maternal body mass index ( BMI ) and pregnancy‐related venous thromboembolism ( VTE
). … associated with increased odds of antepartum and postpartum venous thromboembolism. …

Body height and risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø Study

SK Brækkan, KH Borch, EB Mathiesen… - American journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Body mass index was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in
meters. Information on self-reported diabetes and current smoking was collected from a self-…

Overweight, obesity, and the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism

S Eichinger, G Hron, C Bialonczyk… - Archives of internal …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
… Kaplan-Meier estimates of the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients
according to categories of body mass index (BMI) (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by …