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Factor V Leiden paradox in a middle-aged Swedish population : A prospective study

Zöller, Bengt LU orcid ; Melander, Olle LU orcid ; Svensson, Peter J. LU and Engström, Gunnar LU (2018) In Vascular Medicine (United Kingdom) 23(1). p.52-59
Abstract

Few prospective studies have examined the factor V paradox: factor V Leiden (FVL) is a stronger risk factor for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) than for pulmonary embolism (PE). The present study, to the best of our knowledge, is the first population-based study aimed to examine the relationship between FVL and incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), DVT and PE in a prospective cohort study of middle-aged Swedish individuals. FVL was determined in 4890 subjects (aged 46–68 years, 57% women) from the general population without previous VTE or cancer, who participated in the Malmö Diet and Cancer study between 1991 and 1994. Incident cases of VTE were identified from the Swedish patient register during a mean follow-up of 15.6 years. Of... (More)

Few prospective studies have examined the factor V paradox: factor V Leiden (FVL) is a stronger risk factor for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) than for pulmonary embolism (PE). The present study, to the best of our knowledge, is the first population-based study aimed to examine the relationship between FVL and incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), DVT and PE in a prospective cohort study of middle-aged Swedish individuals. FVL was determined in 4890 subjects (aged 46–68 years, 57% women) from the general population without previous VTE or cancer, who participated in the Malmö Diet and Cancer study between 1991 and 1994. Incident cases of VTE were identified from the Swedish patient register during a mean follow-up of 15.6 years. Of 4890 subjects with determination of FVL (10.2% carriers), 220 had VTE during follow-up (113 DVT, 78 PE, 29 both). Incidence of VTE was significantly higher in subjects with heterozygous and homozygous FVL: adjusted hazard ratios (HR) were 1.8 (95% CI 1.3–2.6, p=0.001) and 6.5 (2.1–21, p=0.001), respectively. The population attributable fraction was 8.7% for FVL. Adjusted HRs for DVT were 2.2 (1.4–3.3, p<0.001) for heterozygotes and 3.3 (0.5–24, p=0.233) for homozygotes. Adjusted HRs for PE were 1.2 (0.65–2.2, p=0.582) for heterozygotes and 8.7 (2.1–36, p=0.003) for homozygotes. The FVL paradox was confirmed for heterozygotes for FVL. However, homozygotes for FVL had a high risk for PE, suggesting that the FVL paradox is related to the carriership of one wild type and one mutated factor V allele.

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deep venous thrombosis (DVT), factor V Leiden, incidence, pulmonary embolism (PE), venous thromboembolism (VTE)
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10.1177/1358863X17745591
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  author       = {{Zöller, Bengt and Melander, Olle and Svensson, Peter J. and Engström, Gunnar}},
  issn         = {{1358-863X}},
  keywords     = {{deep venous thrombosis (DVT); factor V Leiden; incidence; pulmonary embolism (PE); venous thromboembolism (VTE)}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{52--59}},
  publisher    = {{SAGE Publications}},
  series       = {{Vascular Medicine (United Kingdom)}},
  title        = {{Factor V Leiden paradox in a middle-aged Swedish population : A prospective study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1358863X17745591}},
  doi          = {{10.1177/1358863X17745591}},
  volume       = {{23}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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