Are obesity, cigarette smoking, and hypertension associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism in women?
Obesity, smoking, and hypertension are identified as modifiable risk factors for pulmonary embolism in women.
These prospective data indicate that obesity, cigarette smoking, and hypertension are associated with increased risk of pulmonary embolism in women. Control of these risk factors will decrease risks of pulmonary embolism as well as coronary heart disease.
Samuel Z. Goldhaber (Wed,) studied this question.