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Effect of patient's sex on risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis.

McRae, Simon, Tran, Huyen, Schulman, Sam, Ginsberg, Jeff, Kearon, Clive·2006·The Lancet
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69110-1
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Background Individual risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism affects patient management and might differ between men and women. We did a meta-analysis to assess from available evidence whether men and women have the same risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism after stopping anticoagulant treatment.Methods Eligible articles were identified by searches of MEDLINE (source PubMed, 1966 to February 2005), EMBase (1980 to February 2005), and the Cochrane database 2005, issue 1. Prospective cohort studies and randomised trials were eligible if they included patients with objectively diagnosed venous thromboembolism treated for a minimum of 1 month and followed up for recurrence after anticoagulant treatment was stopped. Data were extracted for study design, study quality, and the number, sex, and age of enrolled patients, risk factors for venous thromboembolism, treatment given, duration of follow-up, and the number of episodes of recurrent venous thrombosis.Findings 15 studies (nine randomised controlled trials and six prospective observational studies) enrolling a total of 5416 individuals (2729 men), of whom 816 (523 men) had recurrent venous thromboembolism after stopping treatment, were eligible for inclusion. The pooled estimate of the relative risk (RR) of recurrent venous thromboembolism for men compared with for women was 1.6 (95% CI 1.2-2.0). Significant heterogeneity was shown among individual study findings; however, the higher risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in men than in women was consistent across predefined subgroups. The relative risk for recurrence in men from randomised trials (RR 1.3; 95% CI 1.0-1.8) was lower than that from observational studies (2.1; 1.5-2.9). The lower risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in women did not seem to be accounted for by a reduced rate of recurrence after venous thromboembolism associated with oestrogen treatment or pregnancy.Interpretation Men seem to have a 50% higher risk than women of recurrent venous thromboembolism after stopping anticoagulant treatment. If confirmed by further prospective studies, this difference in risk of recurrence should be considered when duration of anticoagulant treatment is determined in individual patients.

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Authors
McRae, S., Tran, H., Schulman, S., Ginsberg, J., & Kearon, C.
Affiliations
  • McMaster University Medical Centre (CA)
  • Hamilton General Hospital (CA)
  • McMaster University (CA)
Corresponding author
McRae, Simon
ORCID
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-07
Volume
368
Issue
9533
Pages
371-378
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69110-1
OpenAlex
W2129839379
Cited by
289
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37
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FWCI
4.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • The Lancet (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Internal Medicine › Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Keywords
sex differences, anticoagulation, anticoagulation discontinuation, men versus women, anticoagulation duration, estrogen therapy, pregnancy, venous thromboembolism risk
MeSH terms
Aged, Anticoagulants, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Male, Middle Aged, Recurrence, Risk Factors, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Sex Distribution, Venous Thrombosis

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