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Overweight in childhood and young adulthood increases the risk for adult thromboembolic events

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Approximately one third of thromboembolic (TE) events are related to obesity, but to which extent elevated body mass index (BMI) during the distinct periods of childhood and puberty contributes is… Click to show full abstract

Approximately one third of thromboembolic (TE) events are related to obesity, but to which extent elevated body mass index (BMI) during the distinct periods of childhood and puberty contributes is not known. We aimed to evaluate the impact of high BMI during childhood and puberty for the risk of adult venous and arterial thromboembolic events (VTE, ATE, respectively) in men.

Keywords: overweight childhood; childhood young; childhood; thromboembolic events; risk adult; young adulthood

Journal Title: Journal of Internal Medicine
Year Published: 2023

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