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IBD patients have significantly higher risk of DVT, pulmonary embolism


 

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The risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients developing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism was 1.98-fold and 1.80-fold higher, respectively, than those without the disease, according to research published in Thrombosis Research.

To explore the connection between deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and IBD, Dr. Wei-Sheng Chung of Taichung (Taiwan) Hospital and associates compared 11,445 IBD patients and 45,780 controls in a nationwide, population-based cohort study.

The IBD patients had a higher prevalence of comorbidities than their peers, including atrial fibrillation, hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, and cerebral vascular disease. In addition, the IBD patients who were hospitalized twice per year exhibited a significantly greater risk of developing DVT (adjusted hazard ratio, 32.9; 95% confidence interval, 20.5-52.8) and pulmonary embolism (adjusted HR, 24.2; 95% CI, 11.1-52.9) than did the comparison cohort.

Read more here: (Thromb. Res. 2015;135:492-6 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2014.12.025]).

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