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Figure 1. Restricted Cubic Spline of Hazard Ratio for Risk of Dementia as a Function of Cumulative Duration of OAC Usea.
a. Cumulative duration of oral anticoagulant use begins at 0.5 years because patients were considered unexposed for the first 180 days of use. OACs = oral anticoagulants.