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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2015 Nov 4;123(2):352–360. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.09.046

Table 2.

The association between use of antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs and retinal/subretinal hemorrhage at baseline

Unadjusted Analysis Adjusted Analysis*
Use of anti-coagulant or anti-platelet drugs at baseline n Retinal/subretinal hemorrhage at baseline n (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) p-value Odds ratio (95% CI)* P-value
Any use of antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs 0.09 0.21
 No 557 332 (59.6%) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 608 392 (64.5%) 1.23 (0.97 – 1.56) 1.18 (0.91 – 1.51)
Use of antiplatelet drugs 0.18 0.33
 No 634 383 (60.4%) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 531 341 (64.2%) 1.18 (0.93 – 1.49) 1.13 (0.88 – 1.45)
Use of anticoagulant drugs 0.22 0.33
 No 1071 660 (61.6%) 1.00 1.00
 Yes 94 64 (68.1%) 1.33 (0.85 – 2.09) 1.26 (0.79 – 2.00)
Combination on the use of antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs 0.25 0.43
 None 557 332 (59.6%) 1.00 1.00
 Antiplatelet drugs only 514 328 (63.8%) 1.20 (0.93 – 1.53) 0.16 1.15 (0.89 – 1.49) 0.29
 Anticoagulant drugs only 77 51 (62.2%) 1.33 (0.81 – 2.20) 0.27 1.24 (0.74 – 2.09) 0.41
 Both antiplatelet drugs and anticoagulant drugs 17 13 (76.5%) 2.20 (0.71 – 6.83) 0.17 2.16 (0.68 – 6.85) 0.19
Type of antiplatelet or anticoagulant drug at baseline
 None 557 332 (59.6%) 1.00 1.00
 Aspirin 476 307 (64.5%) 1.23 (0.96 – 1.59) 0.11 1.20 (0.92 – 1.57) 0.18
 Clopidogrel bisulfate 80 55 (68.8%) 1.49 (0.90 – 2.46) 0.12 1.66 (0.92 – 3.03) 0.10
 Warfarin sodium 94 64 (68.1%) 1.45 (0.91 – 2.30) 0.12 1.46 (0.87 – 2.43) 0.15

OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.

*

Adjusted by age (as continuous), gender, smoking status, diabetes, medical history of cardiovascular diseases, and CNV in fellow eye.