Obesity is not associated with recurrent venous thromboembolism in elderly patients: Results from the prospective SWITCO65+ cohort study

BACKGROUND: Whether obesity is associated with recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in elderly patients is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between two obesity measures, the body mass index (BMI) and the waist circumference (WC), and recurrent VTE in elderly patients. PATIENTS/METHO...

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Autores principales: Mueller, Carolin, Limacher, Andreas, Méan, Marie, Rodondi, Nicolas, Aujesky, Drahomir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5600372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28915260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184868

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5600372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28915260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184868

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