Longer legs are associated with greater risk of incident venous thromboembolism independent of total body height: The Longitudinal Study of Thromboembolism Etiology (LITE)

Several studies have reported that taller individuals are at greater risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). We hypothesized that longer leg length would be positively associated with incident VTE, and would explain the height association. LITE ascertained VTE in a prospective population-based sample...

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Hauptverfasser: Lutsey, Pamela L., Cushman, Mary, Heckbert, Susan R., Tang, Weihong, Folsom, Aaron R.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2011
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180885/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21655679
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1160/TH11-02-0100
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