Open AccessBody Height and Incident Risk of Venous Thromboembolism
Author(s) -
Bengt Zöller,
Jianguang Ji,
Jan Sundquist,
Kristina Sundquist
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1942-3268
pISSN - 1942-325X
DOI - 10.1161/circgenetics.116.001651
Subject(s) - venous thromboembolism , medicine , cardiology , thrombosis
Body height has been associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), but the association can be confounded with shared familial factors (genetic/environmental). A cosibling design is useful for deeper understanding about the relationship between VTE and height.
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