Research from University of Vermont reveals new findings on thromboembolism.

Blood Weekly | November 12, 2009 | Copyright

According to recent research published in the journal Blood, "Higher levels of procoagulant factors and factor XII deficiency may be risk factors for first venous thromboembolism (VTE). We studied associations of coagulation factors IX through XIII with risk of future VTE in 2 general population samples."

"Using a nested case-control study combining the 21 860 participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study and the Cardiovascular Health Study, we determined antigenic levels of these co-agulation factors in primarily pre-event blood samples from 462 ...

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