Open AccessSmoking, Surgery, and Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Women
Author(s) -
Siân Sweetland,
Lianne Parkin,
Angela Balkwill,
Jane Green,
Gillian Reeves,
Valerie Beral
Publication year - 2013
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.113.001428
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , relative risk , incidence (geometry) , venous thromboembolism , risk factor , surgery , thrombosis , physics , optics
Evidence about the effect of smoking on venous thromboembolism risk, generally and in the postoperative period, is limited and inconsistent. We examined the incidence of venous thromboembolism in relation to smoking habits, both in the absence of surgery and in the first 12 postoperative weeks, in a large prospective study of women in the United Kingdom.
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