Table 4.

Risk of pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism(VTE) in thrombophilic women without prior disease.

ThrombophiliaRelative Risk of VTE OR (95% CI)Estimated absolute risk of VTE events per 1000 patients*
*Assuming a baseline risk of 1 event per 1000 pregnant patients without a known thrombophilia 
Data are from Robertson et al.36  
Abbreviations: OR, Odds Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; MTHFR, methylene tetrahydrate folate reductase 
Factor V Leiden (heterozygous) 8.32 (5.44–12.70) 8/1000 
Prothrombin gene variant (heterozygous) 6.80 (2.46–18.77) 6/1000 
Factor V Leiden (homozygous) 34.40 (9.86–120.05) 34/1000 
Prothrombin gene variant (homozygous) 26.36 (1.24–559.20) 26/1000 
Antithrombin deficiency 4.69 (1.30–16.96) 4/1000 
Protein C deficiency 4.76 (2.15–10.57) 4/1000 
Protein S deficiency 3.19 (1.48–6.88) 3/1000 
MTHFR C677T (homozygous) 0.74 (0.22–2.48) 1/1000 
ThrombophiliaRelative Risk of VTE OR (95% CI)Estimated absolute risk of VTE events per 1000 patients*
*Assuming a baseline risk of 1 event per 1000 pregnant patients without a known thrombophilia 
Data are from Robertson et al.36  
Abbreviations: OR, Odds Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; MTHFR, methylene tetrahydrate folate reductase 
Factor V Leiden (heterozygous) 8.32 (5.44–12.70) 8/1000 
Prothrombin gene variant (heterozygous) 6.80 (2.46–18.77) 6/1000 
Factor V Leiden (homozygous) 34.40 (9.86–120.05) 34/1000 
Prothrombin gene variant (homozygous) 26.36 (1.24–559.20) 26/1000 
Antithrombin deficiency 4.69 (1.30–16.96) 4/1000 
Protein C deficiency 4.76 (2.15–10.57) 4/1000 
Protein S deficiency 3.19 (1.48–6.88) 3/1000 
MTHFR C677T (homozygous) 0.74 (0.22–2.48) 1/1000 
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