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Does overweight and obesity increase the risk of incident venous thromboembolism in a general population?
Does overweight and obesity increase the risk of incident venous thromboembolism in a general population?
Overweight and obesity are significant population-level risk factors for venous thromboembolism, accounting for nearly a quarter of events.
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Highlights overweight/obesity as major population VTE risk factors; leaves open whether weight reduction lowers incidence.
Our findings indicate that almost 25% of all VTE events can be attributed to overweight and obesity in a general population from Norway.
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Frischmuth et al. (2023) studied this question.
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