Date
2021
Abstract
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common, life-threatening complication of COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 risk-prediction models include a history of VTE. However, it is unclear whether remote history (>9 years previously) of VTE also confers increased risk of COVID-19. Objectives: To investigate possible association between VTE and COVID-19 severity, independent of other risk factors. Methods: Cohort study of UK Biobank participants recruited between 2006 and 2010. Baseline data, including history of VTE, were linked to COVID-19 test results, COVID-19-related hospital admissions, and COVID-19 deaths. The risk of COVID-19 hospitalization or death was compared for participants with a remote history VTE versus without. Poisson regression models were run univariately then adjusted stepwise for sociodemographic, lifestyle, and comorbid covariates.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis;pp. 1–6
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School of Medicine
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COVID-19 severity, DVT
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https://researchrepository.ul.ie/handle/10344/10471
 https://doi.org/10.34961/9813
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Scottish Government, Medical Research Council, British Heart Foundation
Sustainable Development Goals
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