Risk of venous thromboembolism in men with prostate cancer compared with men in the general population: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the additional risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in men with prostate cancer compared with men without prostate cancer in Sweden.

Design

Nationwide cohort study following 92 105 men with prostate cancer and 466 241 men without prostate cancer (comparison cohort) matched 5:1 by birth year and residential region.

Setting

The male general population of Sweden (using the Nationwide Prostate Cancer data Base Sweden).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Crude incidence proportion ratios (IPRs) comparing the incidence of VTE in men with prostate cancer and men in the comparison cohort. Cox regression was used to calculate HRs for VTE adjusted for confounders.

Results

2955 men with prostate cancer and 9774 men in the comparison cohort

SUBMITTER: Balabanova Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9150160 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature