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. 2025 Aug 13;9(6):103010. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2025.103010

Table 3.

Incidence of clinical outcomes across Ramadan.

Cohort
Ramadan cohort
Native Dutch cohort
Observation period −2 month −1 month Ramadan +1 month +2 month -2 month -1 month Ramadan +1 month +2 month
No. at risk 3835 3813 3800 3779 3760 139,207 138,079 136,940 135,785 134,651
Major/clinically relevant bleeding
 No. of events <10a <10a 10 <10a <10a 273 266 235 264 235
 IR (95% CI), per 100 PYs Maskeda Maskeda 3.22 (1.54-5.92) Maskeda Maskeda 2.40 (2.12-2.70) 2.36 (2.08-2.66) 2.10 (1.84-2.39) 2.38 (2.10-2.68) 2.13 (1.87-2.43)
 30-d cumulative incidence, per 1000 (95% CI) Maskeda Maskeda 2.63 (1.37-4.74) Maskeda Maskeda 1.96 (1.74-2.21) 1.93 (1.71-2.17) 1.72 (1.51-1.95) 1.94 (1.72-2.19) 1.75 (1.53-1.98)
Ischemic stroke/TIA/myocardial infarction/arterial thromboembolism
 No. of events 12 11 <10a <10a 12 324 337 338 299 284
 IR (95% CI), per 100 PYs 3.82 (1.98-6.68) 3.52 (1.76-6.31) Maskeda Maskeda 3.90 (2.02-6.82) 2.85 (2.55-3.17) 2.99 (2.68-3.32) 3.02 (2.71-3.36) 2.69 (2.40-3.02) 2.58 (2.29-2.90)
 30-d cumulative incidence, per 1000 (95% CI) 3.13 (1.73-5.36) 2.88 (1.55-5.06) Maskeda Maskeda 3.19 (1.76-5.47) 2.33 (2.09-2.59) 2.44 (2.19-2.71) 2.47 (2.22-2.74) 2.20 (1.96-2.46) 2.11 (1.88-2.37)
Composite of bleeding, venous and arterial thromboembolism
 No. of events 19 14 20 14 14 621 624 597 591 553
 IR (95% CI), per 100 PYs 6.06 (3.65-9.46) 4.49 (2.45-7.53) 6.44 (3.93-9.94) 4.53 (2.47-7.60) 4.56 (2.49-7.64) 5.46 (5.04-5.91) 5.53 (5.11-5.99) 5.34 (4.92-5.78) 5.33 (4.91-5.78) 5.03 (4.62-5.47)
 30-d cumulative incidence per 1000 (95%CI) 4.95 (3.10-7.62) 3.67 (2.12-6.05) 5.26 (3.34-8.01) 3.70 (2.14-6.10) 3.72 (2.15-6.13) 4.46 (4.12-4.82) 4.52 (4.18-4.88) 4.36 (4.02-4.72) 4.35 (4.01-4.71) 4.11 (3.78-4.46)
All-cause mortality
 No. of events 22 13 21 19 26 1,128 1,139 1,155 1,134 1,117
 IR (95% CI), per 100 PYs 7.00 (4.39-10.60) 4.16 (2.21-7.11) 6.75 (4.18-10.31) 6.13 (3.69-9.58) 8.45 (5.52-12.38) 9.90 (9.33-10.50) 10.08 (9.51-10.69) 10.31 (9.72-10.92) 10.21 (9.62-10.82) 10.14 (9.56-10.75)
 30-d cumulative incidence, per 1000 (95%CI) 0.57 (0.33-0.81) 0.34 (0.16-0.53) 0.55 (0.32-0.79) 0.50 (0.28-0.73) 0.69 (0.43-0.96) 0.81 (0.76-0.86) 0.82 (0.78-0.87) 0.84 (0.79-0.89) 0.84 (0.79-0.88) 0.83 (0.78-0.88)

IR, incidence rate; PYs, person-years; TIA, transient ischemic attack.

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Cells containing <10 individuals are masked according to Statistics Netherlands’ privacy policy. To prevent recalculation of cells <10, sometimes corresponding cells are additionally masked.