Body height, mobility, and risk of first and recurrent venous thrombosis

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 548-554

  Flinterman, L E ^a   van Hylckama Vlieg, A ^a   Rosendaal, F R ^a   Cannegieter, S C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body height; Life style; Recurrence; Risk; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84926134250     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12860     Document Type: Article

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