Physical activity and risk of venous thromboembolism: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT: The inverse association between physical activity and arterial thrombotic disease is well established. Evidence on the association between physical activity and venous thromboembolism (VTE) is divergent. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published observational prospective cohort studies evaluating the associations of physical activity with VTE risk. MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and manual search of relevant bibliographies were systematically searched until 26 February 2019. Extracted relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the maximum versus minimal amount of physical activity groups were pooled using random effects meta-analysis. Twelve articles based on 14 unique prospective cohort studies comprising of 1,286,295 participants and 23,753 VTE e

SUBMITTER: Kunutsor SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7250794 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature