A pharmacoepidemiological nested case-control study of risk factors for venous thromboembolism with the focus on diabetes, cancer, socioeconomic group, medications, and comorbidities
Lasse Myllylahti,
Leo Niskanen,
Riitta Lassila
et al.
Abstract:Objectives A pharmacoepidemiological study to assess VTE risk factors in a diabetes-rich population. Methods The study comprised 299,590 individuals. We observed 3450 VTEs and matched them with 15,875 controls using a nested case-control approach and collected data on comorbidities and prescriptions. By multivariable conditional logistic regression, we calculated ORs with 95%CIs for comorbidities and medications to evaluate their associations with VTE. Results Diabetes (aOR 2.16; 95%CI 1.99–2.34), inflammatory… Show more
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