1. Venous thromboembolism has the same risk factors as atherosclerosis
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Yanhui Lu, Yu-Hong Mi, Chunsheng Li, Shufeng Yan, and Ying Liang
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medicine.medical_specialty ,venous thromboembolism ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Diabetic angiopathy ,Triglycerides blood ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Myocardial infarction ,Stroke ,Triglycerides ,business.industry ,Cholesterol, HDL ,Smoking ,General Medicine ,Atherosclerosis ,equipment and supplies ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Cholesterol blood ,Pulmonary embolism ,Cholesterol ,Meta-analysis ,Hypertension ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Cardiology ,business ,Venous thromboembolism ,Diabetic Angiopathies ,Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis ,Research Article - Abstract
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text, Background: Previous studies have shown that idiopathic pulmonary embolism is positively associated with other cardiovascular events, such as myocardial infarction and stroke, suggesting a potentially important association between atherosclerosis risk factors and venous thromboembolism (VTE). We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the correlation between risk factors for atherosclerosis and VTE. Methods: In December 2014, we searched MEDLINE and EMBASE for studies evaluating the associations between VTE and risk factors for atherosclerosis and pooled outcome data using random-effects meta-analysis. In addition, we analyzed publication bias. Results: Thirty-three case-control and cohort studies with a total of 185,124 patients met the inclusion criteria. We found that participants with body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2 had a significantly higher prevalence of VTE than those with BMI
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- 2016
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