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Cardiovascular fitness in young males and risk of unprovoked venous thromboembolism in adulthood.
Annals of medicine - 1 Mar 2017
Zöller Bengt, Ohlsson Henrik, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Whether high cardiovascular fitness is associated with reduced risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is unknown. The present study aims to determine whether high cardiovascular fitness reduces the risk of VTE. METHODS: A Swedish cohort of male conscripts (n = 773,925) born in 1954-1970 with no history of previous VTE were followed from enlistment (1972-1990) until 2010. Data on cardiovascular fitness...
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