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We aimed to investigate the joint effect of high hemoglobin and obesity on the risk of VTE in a population-based cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>We included 35,801 participants from the Troms\u00f8 4\u20137 surveys (1994\u20132016). All first-lifetime VTEs were validated and recorded from enrollment throughout 2020. Hemoglobin levels were categorized as low (women: &lt;13.2\u2009g\/dL, men: &lt;14.7\u2009g\/dL), medium (women: 13.2\u201314.0\u2009g\/dL, men: 14.7\u201315.5\u2009g\/dL), and high (women: \u226514.1\u2009g\/dL, men: \u226515.6\u2009g\/dL). Body mass index (BMI) was categorized as normal weight (&lt;25\u2009kg\/m2), overweight (25\u201329.9\u2009kg\/m2), and obese (\u226530\u2009kg\/m2). Hazard ratios (HRs) for VTE with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated according to combined categories of hemoglobin and BMI in models adjusted for age, sex, cancer, arterial cardiovascular disease, and smoking.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>During 17.3 years of median follow-up, 1,040 cases of VTE occurred. In normal weight individuals, the HR of VTE according to high hemoglobin levels was 1.22 (95% CI: 0.90\u20131.66). The HR of VTE in obese individuals with low hemoglobin was 1.81 (95% CI: 1.35\u20132.43), while the HR of VTE in obese individuals with high hemoglobin levels was 1.71 (95% CI: 1.30\u20132.25), compared with those with normal weight and low hemoglobin.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Combination of high hemoglobin and obesity did not yield excess VTE risk, suggesting no evidence of biological interaction between these factors in the pathogenesis of VTE.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2811-5034","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,14]],"date-time":"2026-02-14T00:52:26Z","timestamp":1771030346000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"special_numbering":"S","title":["Combined Effect of Hemoglobin Levels and Obesity on the Risk of Incident Venous Thromboembolism: The Troms\u00f8 Study"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Lisa","family":"Jakobsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, University 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