Abstract:[Objective] To evaluate predicting value of macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α) and cortisol (Cor) for deep vain thrombosis (DVT) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for osteoarthritis. [Methods] A total of 231 patients who underwent TKA for osteoarthritis in our hospital from June 2019 to June 2023 were included in this study. According to whether DVT noted by postoperative ultrasonography, the patients were divided into DVT group and non-DVT group. The univariate comparison and logistic regression were conducted to research the related factor. In addition, the efficacy of serum MIP-1α and Cor alone, or in combination to predict DVT after TKA was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). [Results] Among 231 patients, 53 (22.9%) were diagnosed with DVT. The DVT group proved significantly greater than the non-DVT group in terms of BMI [(24.0±2.1) kg/m2 vs (23.3±2.0) kg/m2 , P=0.037], diabetes rates [y/n, (10/43) vs (14/164), P=0.021], general anesthesia ratio [general anesthesia/lumbar anesthesia, (38/15) vs (92/86), P=0.010], MIP-1 alpha [(19.7±5.3) pg/mL vs (14.2±5.2) pg/mL, P<0.001] and Cor [(305.7±51.5) nmol/L vs (255.3±44.8) nmol/L, P<0.001]. As consequence of regression analysis, the BMI (OR=1.818, 95% CI: 1.217~2.718), diabetes (OR=1.980, 95% CI: 1.201~3.263), general anesthesia (OR=1.857, 95% CI: 1.336~2.581, MIP-1α (OR=2.042, 95% CI: 1.498-2.783), Cor (OR=1.876, 95% CI: 1.264~2.781) were the risk factors for postoperative DVT. ROC curve showed that the area under curve (AUC) of serum MIP-1α, Cor and a combination of them in predicting postoperative DVT were of 0.767, 0.778 and 0.838, respectively. [Conclusion] Elevated serum MIP-1α and Cor before operation are risk factors for DVT after TKA for osteoarthritis, and the combined detection of MIP-1α and COR has high predictive efficacy for the occurrence of DVT.