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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Thromb Res. 2016 Jun 29;145:27–33. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.06.033

Table 5.

Multivariable hazard ratios for incident VTE events

Any VTE Unprovoked Provoked Cancer-related
Factor HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Age ( per 10 years) 1.69 (1.48–1.92)* 1.58 (1.32–1.90)* 1.58 (1.36–1.84)* 1.74 (1.46–2.08)*
Female sex 0.78 (0.60–1.02) 0.42 (0.26–0.68)* 1.13 (0.76–1.67) 0.78 (0.50–1.22)
Obese (BMI ≥30) 1.88 (1.44–2.45)* 2.74 (1.75–4.30)* 1.15 (0.75–1.76) 1.97 (1.25–3.10)*
Diabetes 1.13 (0.75–0.70) 0.77 (0.35–1.71) 1.23 (0.66–2.28) 1.72 (0.93–3.19)
Aspirin use 1.09 (0.81–1.45) 0.77 (0.46–1.27) 1.18 (0.78–1.78) 0.88 (0.54–1.42)
Hypertension 1.03 (0.78–1.37) 1.14 (0.70–1.85) 1.07 (0.71–1.62) 0.82 (0.51–1.32)
Hypercholesterolemia 1.01 (0.76–1.34) 0.97 (0.62–1.53) 1.20 (0.81–1.78) 1.17 (0.74–1.84)
*

p<0.05.

Multivariable-adjusted Cox models were adjusted for age, sex and for variables that were significant in univariate models. The referent category is FHS participants without VTE events. Abbreviations: BMI= body mass index. CI= confidence interval; HR= hazard ratio