Body height and risk of venous thromboembolism

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1109-1115

  Brækkan, Sigrid K ^a   Borch, Knut H ^a   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a   Njølstad, Inger ^a   Wilsgaard, Tom ^a   Hansen, John Bjarne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body height; Risk factors; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH RISK; HEIGHT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; VASCULAR SURGERY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

NORWAY; TROMS;

EID: 77952342751     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq066     Document Type: Article

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