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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jan 16;168(5):317–325. doi: 10.7326/M17-0028

Table 2.

Thrombosis during follow-up in MPN patients

Type of thrombosis Time after MPN diagnosis All MPN
HR 95% CI
PV
HR 95% CI
ET
HR 95% CI
PMF
HR 95% CI
Overall 3 months 4.0 (3.6–4.4) 4.2 (3.5–5.0) 3.5 (2.9–4.2) 4.7 (3.6–6.0)
1 year 2.4 (2.3–2.6) 2.5 (2.2–2.8) 2.2 (1.9–2.5) 2.7 (2.2–3.2)
5 years 1.8 (1.6–1.9) 1.8 (1.6–2.0) 1.7 (1.5–1.9) 2.0 (1.7–2.4)
All arterial thrombosis 3 months 3.0 (2.7–3.4) 2.7 (2.2–3.3) 2.7 (2.2–3.3) 4.4 (3.4–5.9)
1 year 2.0 (1.8–2.2) 1.9 (1.6–2.1) 2.0 (1.7–2.3) 2.3 (1.9–2.9)
5 years 1.5 (1.4–1.6) 1.5 (1.3–1.7) 1.4 (1.3–1.6) 1.6 (1.3–1.9)
Myocardial infarction 3 months 2.5 (2.1–2.9) 2.1 (1.5–2.9) 1.8 (1.3–2.4) 5.3 (3.5–7.8)
1 year 1.8 (1.6–2.0) 1.5 (1.2–1.9) 1.5 (1.2–1.8) 2.6 (2.0–3.5)
5 years 1.4 (1.2–1.5) 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 1.4 (1.1–1.6) 1.6 (1.2–2.2)
Ischemic stroke 3 months 3.7 (3.1–4.4) 3.7 (2.8–5.0) 3.8 (2.8–5.1) 3.7 (2.4–5.7)
1 year 2.3 (2.0–2.6) 2.3 (1.9–2.8) 2.6 (2.1–3.2) 1.8 (1.3–2.5)
5 years 1.5 (1.3–1.6) 1.4 (1.2–1.7) 1.5 (1.3–1.8) 1.5 (1.1–2.0)
All venous thrombosis 3 months 9.7 (7.8–12.0) 13.1 (8.7–19.6) 8.5 (5.6–12.8) 6.8 (4.0–11.4)
1 year 4.7 (4.0–5.4) 5.4 (4.1–7.0) 3.5 (2.6–4.5) 4.3 (3.0–6.2)
5 years 3.2 (2.9–3.6) 3.6 (3.0–4.4) 2.9 (2.4–3.6) 4.0 (2.9–5.5)
Pulmonary embolism 3 months 9.0 (6.4–12.5) 11.8 (5.7–24.3) 7.4 (4.2–13.2) 8.1 (3.7–17.9)
1 year 5.3 (4.2–6.6) 5.8 (3.8–8.8) 4.1 (2.8–6.1) 5.5 (3.1–9.7)
5 years 3.4 (2.8–4.1) 3.5 (2.5–4.9) 3.2 (2.4–4.4) 4.9 (3.1–7.7)
Deep venous thrombosis 3 months 7.3 (5.2–10.3) 9.9 (5.5–17.8) 7.4 (4.0–13.8) 5.2 (2.4–11.1)
1 year 3.7 (3.0–4.6) 4.6 (3.1–6.7) 3.0 (2.0–4.4) 3.8 (2.2–6.6)
5 years 3.3 (2.8–3.9) 4.5 (3.4–5.9) 2.5 (1.9–3.3) 3.6 (2.3–5.8)

HR=hazard ratio, CI=confidence interval, MPN=myeloproliferative neoplasm, PV=polycythemia vera, ET=essential thrombocythemia, PMF=primary myelofibrosis