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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2016 Sep 14;151(6):1105–1112.e10. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.08.054

Appendix Table 7.

Hospitalizations for upper gastrointestinal bleeding during warfarin treatment according to study population, PPI co-therapy, history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk factorsa, and concurrent use of antiplatelet drugs/NSAIDs. HR = adjusted hazard ratio, RD = adjusted rate difference per 10,000, CI = confidence interval.

a. Tennessee Medicaid
No PPI Co-therapy PPI Co-therapy HR (95% CI) RD (95% CI)
Person-
years
Hospital-
izations
Rate
/10,000
Person-
years
Hospital-
izations
Rate
/10,000
No history risk factors
 No concurrent antiplatelet drug/NSAID 21,468 141 65.7 3,211 22 68.5 1.02 ( 0.64 - 1.61 ) 1.1 ( -23.4 to 39.9 )
 Concurrent antiplatelet drug/NSAID 3,375 78 231.1 823 8 97.2 0.42 ( 0.20 - 0.87 ) -134.4 ( -184.7 to -29.5 )
History risk factors
 No concurrent antiplatelet drug/NSAID 11,050 169 152.9 4,219 65 154.1 0.87 ( 0.64 - 1.19 ) -19.3 ( -54.6 to 28.6 )
 Concurrent antiplatelet drug/NSAID 1,733 64 369.4 1,036 30 289.6 0.69 ( 0.44 - 1.08 ) -115.4 ( -207.3 to 28.5 )
b. Medicare 5% Sample
No PPI Co-therapy PPI Co-therapy HR (95% CI) RD (95% CI)
Person-
years
Hospital-
izations
Rate
/10,000
Person-
years
Hospital-
izations
Rate
/10,000
No history risk factors
 No concurrent antiplatelet drug/NSAID 8,581 62 72.2 1,999 10 50.0 0.71 ( 0.36 - 1.39 ) -21.3 ( -46.2 to 27.8 )
 Concurrent antiplatelet drug/NSAID 599 11 183.7 218 2 91.8 0.50 ( 0.11 - 2.24 ) -92.7 ( -163.6 to 228.2 )
History risk factors
 No concurrent antiplatelet drug/NSAID 5,140 77 149.8 2,840 37 130.3 0.81 ( 0.54 - 1.22 ) -28.5 ( -69.4 to 33.2 )
 Concurrent antiplatelet drug/NSAID 461 22 477.4 313 7 223.3 0.48 ( 0.20 - 1.13 ) -250.6 ( -381.6 to 59.7 )
a

Risk factors: Peptic ulcer, gastritis, abdominal pain, blood in stool/GI bleeding, anemia