Blood Clot Risk Higher In Apple-Shaped Men And Pear-Shaped Women, Danish Study

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  October 29, 2009

EXCERPT: "New research from Denmark suggests that where middle-aged men and women carry excess body fat affects their risk of developing blood clots like deep vein thrombosis (DVT) , with apple-shaped men who carry excess fat mainly around the waist and pear-shaped women who carry excess fat mainly around the hips having the highest risk."  more

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Severinsen MT, Kristensen SR, Johnsen SP, Dethlefsen C, Tjønneland A, Overvad K. Anthropometry, body fat, and venous thromboembolism: a Danish follow-up study. Circulation. 2009 Nov 10;120(19):1850-7.