American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study [Epidemiology]

Conclusions
Life's Simple 7, a CVH metric, was associated with reduced VTE risk. Findings suggest that efforts to improve the population's CVH may reduce VTE incidence.

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - February 27, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Olson, N. C., Cushman, M., Judd, S. E., McClure, L. A., Lakoski, S. G., Folsom, A. R., Safford, M. M., Zakai, N. A. Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: research