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Incidence and mortality of venous thrombosis: a population‐based study
Author(s) -
NÆSS I. A.,
CHRISTIANSEN S. C.,
ROMUNDSTAD P.,
CANNEGIETER S. C.,
ROSENDAAL F. R.,
HAMMERSTRØM J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of thrombosis and haemostasis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.947
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1538-7836
pISSN - 1538-7933
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02450.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , pulmonary embolism , confidence interval , deep vein , case fatality rate , population , venous thrombosis , thrombosis , rate ratio , standardized mortality ratio , mortality rate , pediatrics , surgery , epidemiology , physics , environmental health , optics
Summary. Background: Estimates of the incidence of venous thrombosis (VT) vary, and data on mortality are limited. Objectives: We estimated the incidence and mortality of a first VT event in a general population. Methods: From the residents of Nord‐Trøndelag county in Norway aged 20 years and older ( n = 94 194), we identified all cases with an objectively verified diagnosis of VT that occurred between 1995 and 2001. Patients and diagnosis characteristics were retrieved from medical records. Results: Seven hundred and forty patients were identified with a first diagnosis of VT during 516 405 person‐years of follow‐up. The incidence rate for all first VT events was 1.43 per 1000 person‐years [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.33–1.54], that for deep‐vein thrombosis (DVT) was 0.93 per 1000 person‐years (95% CI: 0.85–1.02), and that for pulmonary embolism (PE) was 0.50 per 1000 person‐years (95% CI: 0.44–0.56). The incidence rates increased exponentially with age, and were slightly higher in women than in men. The 30‐day case‐fatality rate was higher in patients with PE than in those with DVT [9.7% vs. 4.6%, risk ratio 2.1 (95% CI: 1.2–3.7)]; it was also higher in patients with cancer than in patients without cancer [19.1% vs. 3.6%, risk ratio 3.8 (95% CI 1.6–9.2)]. The risk of dying was highest in the first months subsequent to the VT, after which it gradually approached the mortality rate in the general population. Conclusions: This study provides estimates of incidence and mortality of a first VT event in the general population.