Body Mass Index, Surgery, and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Middle-Aged Women | Zendy

Lianne Parkin | Zendy; Siân Sweetland | Zendy; Angela Balkwill | Zendy; Jane Green | Zendy; Gillian Reeves | Zendy; Valerie Beral | Zendy

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Body Mass Index, Surgery, and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Middle-Aged Women

Author(s) -

Lianne Parkin,

Siân Sweetland,

Angela Balkwill,

Jane Green,

Gillian Reeves,

Valerie Beral

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.063354

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , overweight , obesity , incidence (geometry) , venous thromboembolism , risk factor , relative risk , surgery , confidence interval , thrombosis , physics , optics

Obesity and surgery are known risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE), but there is limited information about the independent effects of obesity on the incidence of postoperative VTE. We linked questionnaire data from the Million Women Study with hospital admission and death records to examine the risk of VTE in relation to body mass index (BMI) both in the absence of surgery and in the first 12 weeks following an operation.

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