ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
The association between body mass index and lower extremity deep venous abnormalities identified by computed tomography venography.
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Objective: To investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and lower-extremity deep venous (LEDV) abnormalities, including thrombosis and stenosis, identified by computed tomography venography (CTV), with analysis on sex-specific patterns and the influence of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study analyzed 349 patients (217 males, 132 females) undergoing CTV. Patients were stratified by sex, age, BMI, and comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia). The per-patient counts of thrombosis and stenosis were compared using Results: Overweight or obesity was highly prevalent among patients with LEDV abnormalities (86.4% of males, 79.0% of females). Males had more LEDV stenoses than females (1.19 vs. 0.77 per person, Conclusion: Higher BMI was associated with a greater prevalence of CTV-detected LEDV abnormalities, particularly stenosis and in the presence of comorbidities. After multivariable adjustment, however, BMI was not an independent predictor; male sex was the principal independent correlate of stenosis burden, with hypertension borderline. These cross-sectional associations are hypothesis-generating.
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