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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2012 Oct;164(4):607–615. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.07.004

Table II.

Antithrombotic use by age

Antithrombotic medication Overall (N = 2122), n (%) 65-79 y (n = 1645), n (%) ≥80 y (n = 477), n (%)
No aspirin, clopidogrel, or warfarin 254 (12.0) 209 (12.7) 45 (9.4)
Aspirin or clopidogrel alone* 477 (22.5) 372 (22.6) 105 (22.0)
Aspirin and clopidogrel 566 (26.7) 415 (25.2) 151 (31.7)
Warfarin alone 83 (3.9) 62 (3.8) 21 (4.4)
Warfarin + (aspirin or clopidogrel) 590 (27.8) 478 (29.1) 112 (23.5)
Triple therapy 152 (7.2) 109 (6.6) 43 (9.0)
Antiplatelet therapy alone,§ 1043 (49.2) 787 (47.8) 256 (53.7)
Warfarin and antiplatelet therapy,§ 742 (35.0) 587 (35.7) 155 (32.5)
Any aspirin§ 1769 (83.4) 1359 (82.6) 410 (86.0)
Any clopidogrel§ 734 (34.6) 539 (32.8) 195 (40.9)
Any warfarin§ 825 (38.9) 649 (39.5) 176 (36.9)
*

Clopidogrel alone used in 15 (0.7%) patients overall, 14 (0.9%) patients 65 to 79 years old, and 1 (0.2%) patient ≥80 years old.

Warfarin + clopidogrel used in 1 (0.0%) patient overall and 1 (0.1%) patient 65 to 79 years old.

Antiplatelet therapy defined as aspirin, clopidogrel, or both.

§

Categories within each division are not mutually exclusive.