Sex differences in venous thromboembolism outcomes: findings from the GARFIELD-VTE registry

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BACKGROUND: The association of sex with clinical outcome risk in venous thromboembolism (VTE) is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To investigate sex differences in clinical outcomes and anticoagulation effectiveness in VTE in the GARFIELD-VTE registry. METHODS: Outcomes included all-cause mortality, VTE recurrence, major and any bleeding, myocardial infarction (MI)/acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA) over 3 years of follow-up. Hazard ratios were calculated using Cox proportional hazard models with an assessment of sex interactions with parenteral, vitamin K antagonist (VKA), and direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) therapies. RESULTS: ), and anticoagulant treatment. Females had greater risk of major (adjusted hazard ratio [95% CI (1.25 [1.01-1.55]) and any bleeding (1.32 [1.18-1.47]) than males, but lower risk of recurrent VTE (0.82 [0.72; 0.94]), MI/ACS (0.52 [0.36-0.76]) and stroke/TIA (0.72 [0.52-0.99]). VKA-treated females had greater risk of major (1.69 [1.16-2.48]) and any bleeding (1.43 [1.18-1.73]) than VKA-treated males, while DOAC-treated females had greater risk of any bleeding (1.37 [1.17-1.61]) but not major bleeding (1.22 [0.86-1.72]) than DOAC-treated males. Sensitivity analyses excluding patients with active cancer (N = 9752) yielded similar results. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with males, females with VTE have a greater risk of bleeding, but a lower risk of recurrent VTE, MI/ACS, and stroke/TIA. Sex appears to affect the relationship between VKA and DOAC treatment and bleeding in VTE.

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