Pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis-comorbidities and temporary provoking factors in a register-based study of 1.48 million people.

• Knowledge on differences in patients who present with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and those with pulmonary embolism (PE) is incomplete.To determine comorbidities and temporary provoking factors in patients with a first-time PE or DVT.This was a nationwide Swedish registry-based, retrospective, case-control study including 298172 patients with first-time venous thromboembolism (VTE) and 1185079 controls matched for age, sex, and county of residence, free of VTE at the time of matching.Patients with PE were older than those with DVT (mean age, 69 vs 66years) and included slightly more women (PE, 53.4% vs DVT, 52.1%). After multivariable adjustment for comorbidities (within 7years) and temporary provoking factors (within 3months), heart failure (PE: adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.64 [99% confidence interval [CI], 2.55-2.73]; DVT: aOR, 1.66 [99% CI, 1.60-1.72]), ischemic heart disease (PE: aOR, 1.51 [99% CI, 1.47-1.56]; DVT: aOR, 1.01 [99% CI, 0.98-1.04]), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (PE: aOR, 2.51 [99% CI, 2.40-2.63]; DVT, 1.54 [99% CI, 1.47-1.62]) were among diseases that showed higher odds ratios in patients with PE than in those with DVT, compared with controls. Comorbidities registered within 6months were associated with higher aORs than those within 7years. The highest population attributable risks for PE were for cancer (13.0%) and heart failure (11.7%).Cardiopulmonary diseases, particularly with recent onset, imply a higher risk for PE, whereas orthopedic surgery and lower-extremity fractures carry a higher risk of DVT.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)

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