Venous Thromboembolism and Risk of Cancer in Patients with Dementia: A Danish Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) may be the first manifestation of occult cancer. Dementia has been linked to reduced cancer risk.

Objective

We examined the risk of cancer following VTE in people with dementia in comparison to the risk in the general population.

Methods

We conducted a population-based Danish registry-based cohort study following patients with a first-time VTE and a previous or concurrent diagnosis of dementia during the period 1 April 1996 -31 December 2017. We followed the study participants from date of VTE until diagnosis of cancer, death, emigration, or end of study period, whichever came first. The absolute risk of cancer within one year after VTE was computed, treating death as a competing risk. We calculated gender, age, and calendar-per

SUBMITTER: Fuglsang CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8461660 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature