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Demographics, comorbidities, and venous disease severity were recorded at the index database procedure. Mortality was recorded from the electronic health record and Social Security Death Index. Patient characteristics and all-cause mortality were compared between VLU (C5-C6) and non-VLU (C2-C4) cohorts.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Among 7084 patients, 8.9% (n = 632) had a VLU history. Compared with non-VLU patients, those with a VLU history were older (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001) and disproportionately male (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), Black\/African American (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), and Medicaid-insured (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .009). They had greater body mass indices (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), revised venous clinical severity scores (rVCSS) (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), HASTI scores (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .015), and work\/activity limitations (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001). Prior venous thromboembolism (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), anticoagulation use (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), previous varicose vein (VV) treatment (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .042), and deep venous reflux (DVR) (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001) were also more common. Mortality was higher among VLU patients than non-VLU patients (3.6% vs 0.7%,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001) over a similar mean follow-up (2.8 vs 3.0 years,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .070). VLU history was associated with worse survival (HR 5.03, 95% CI [2.96-8.53],\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), in addition to older age (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), male sex (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .003), White race (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .003), no prior VV treatment (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .026), anticoagulation use (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), higher rVCSS (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n < .001), and DVR (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .016). After adjusting for these latter variables, VLU history remained independently associated with mortality (adjusted HR 2.01, 95% CI [1.00-4.01],\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .049). Compared with C2, only C6 \u2013not C3-C5 \u2013was associated with increased mortality after multivariable adjustment (adjusted HR 3.40, 95% CI [1.08, 10.69],\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = .036).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n Among patients undergoing superficial venous interventions, VLUs were associated with a two-fold hazard of all-cause death. 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