“…2,3 Important in analyzing the risk of thrombosis is also the analysis of additional factors such as hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridemia and smoking. 4 Classification of patients in risk groups is important for the decision to treat anti-aggregation and cytoreduction. 5 In the international prognosis score for essential thrombocythaemia it has been shown that gender is also a variable risk factor in men, thrombotic complications being more common.…”