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Risk factors analyzed included chronic conditions such as thrombophilia, prior venous thromboembolism events, obesity, and chronic heart disease as well as a range of obstetric complications. A multivariate logit decomposition model analysis was performed to determine the contribution of individual risk factors to increasing risk for PE over the study period.<\/jats:p>\n The rate of PE increased significantly over the study period among both vaginal deliveries (AAPC 6.4%, 95% CI 5.0%, 7.6%) and cesarean deliveries (AAPC 5.3%, 95% CI 4.1%, 6.8%). In decomposition analysis, the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions and obstetric complications accounted for 39.2% of the increased PE risk among vaginal deliveries and 54.4% of the increased PE risk among cesarean deliveries. Among vaginal deliveries, growing obesity prevalence accounted for the most increased risk (15.3%). Among cesarean deliveries, increase in chronic heart disease (12.8%), hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (10.5%), blood transfusion (9.8%), and obesity (8.8%) accounted for the most increased risk. A decrease in postpartum infections among cesarean deliveries accounted for decreased PE risk (\u221211.3%).<\/jats:p>\n PE increased significantly over a 22-year study period in this analysis of nationally representative obstetric delivery data. A large portion of the increase in PE could be accounted for by the increasing prevalence of PE risk factors, although risk associated with postpartum cesarean infections decreased over the study period.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2911-5301","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,13]],"date-time":"2026-07-13T23:21:19Z","timestamp":1783984879000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Risk Factors Associated with Delivery Hospitalization Pulmonary Embolism"],"prefix":"10.1055","author":[{"given":"Ruiyan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, United States","place":["New York"],"department":["Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joel","family":"Agarwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 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