Cross-sectional study on heredity and venous disorders: the end of the dominant maternal heredity dogma?

Objective To evaluate the heredity factor of the chronic venous disorders and odds ratio linked to maternal or paternal heredity. Methods Cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted in daily practice of medical practitioners on all patients consulting them. The practitioners described the venous...

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Published in:Phlebology 2016-02, Vol.31 (1), p.42-49
Main Authors: Crebassa, V, Roucaute, T, Guex, JJ, Allaert, FA
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Objective To evaluate the heredity factor of the chronic venous disorders and odds ratio linked to maternal or paternal heredity. Methods Cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted in daily practice of medical practitioners on all patients consulting them. The practitioners described the venous status of all patients consulting them and recorded the familial past history of venous disease. Results Among 21319 patients, 60.4% have a familial history of chronic venous disorder: unilateral paternal 7.5%, unilateral maternal 40.9% and bilateral: 12.0%. Chronic venous disorder prevalence is 58.8% in the global population, 38.2% in the absence of parental history, 67.0% for unilateral paternal, 71.3% for unilateral maternal and 79.2% for bilateral (p 
ISSN:0268-3555
1758-1125
DOI:10.1177/0268355514560601