Body Mass Index, Surgery, and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Middle-Aged Women: A Cohort Study
Date
2012
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Parkin, Lianne
Sweetland, Sian
Balkwill, Angela
Green, Jane
Reeves, Gillian K
Beral, Valerie
Million Women Study, Collaborators
Banks, Emily
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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BACKGROUND-: 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
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Keywords: adult; article; body mass; cohort analysis; female; hospital admission; human; incidence; lean body weight; major clinical study; obesity; postoperative complication; priority journal; risk assessment; United Kingdom; venous thromboembolism; Body Mass Ind cohort study; deep vein thrombosis; obesity; pulmonary embolism; surgery
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Circulation (Baltimore)
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