Venous thromboembolism (VTE), a collective term for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), has been considered a separate disease from arterial cardiovascular diseases (CVD, i.e. myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke). However, recent studies have proposed an association between VTE and arterial CVD. The aim of the thesis was to investigate this association in a general ...