Colleen J. Moore, MD; Robert B. McLafferty, MD; Michele Lentz; Joseph R. Schneider, MD; Armen Roupenian, MD; Jennifer Heller, MD; W. Todd Bohannon, MD and Marc Passman, MD

Low risk: 0-1 Moderate risk: 2 High risk: 3-4 Very high risk: >5

All are significant when compared with normal BMI

P<0.05 for all overweight categories compared with NW

Mean VTE scores increase with increasing BMI

Venous quality of life decreases with increasing BMI

VCSS and CEAP scoring increases with increasing BMI

Obesity contributes to CVD in the absence of moderate to severe valvular insufficiency