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. 2016 Sep;98(7):507–515. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0197

Supplementary Table 2.

Factors associated with bleeding events on treatment or within 48 hours of stopping rivaroxaban (significant p-values are emboldened)

  Bleed (n=10) No bleed (n=469) p
Female sex – n (%) 6 (60) 287 (61.2) 1.000
Age – years median(IQR) 75 (15) 69 (14) 0.123
Elective – n (%) 10 (100) 436 (93) 1.000
Hip arthroplasty* – n (%) 3 (30) 257 (54.8) 0.198
Duration of stay – days median (IQR) 5 (2) 5 (3) 0.384
Medical history      
Hypertension – n (%) 4 (40) 218 (46.5) 0.758
Diabetes – n (%) 0 (0) 50 (10.7) 0.609
IHD – n (%) 2 (20) 23 (4.9) 0.091
COPD – n (%) 1 (10) 14 (3.0) 0.275
AF – n (%) 0 (0) 11 (2.3) 1.000
Previous VTE – n (%) 1 (10) 7 (1.5) 0.156
CKD – n (%) 0 (0) 3 (0.6) 1.000
CCF – n (%) 0 (0) 1 (0.2) 1.000
Drug history      
ACEI/ARB – n (%) 3 (30) 146 (31.1) 1.000
Statin – n (%) 4 (40) 137 (29.2) 0.490
Gastric protection – n (%) 3 (30) 123 (26.3) 0.727
CCB – n (%) 1 (10) 99 (21.1) 0.696
Aspirin – n (%) 2 (20) 46 (9.8) 0.264
Thiazide – n (%) 2 (20) 39 (8.3) 0.208
Clopidogrel – n (%) 0 (0) 6 (1.3) 1.000
Anti-retroviral – n (%) 1 (10) 5 (1.1) 0.119
Anticoagulation – n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) n/a
Blood results upon hospital discharge      
Haemoglobin – g/l, median (IQR) 101.5 (50.55) 104 (19) 0.904
Platelets – ×109/l, median (IQR) 245 (120.75) 231 (104.5) 0.668
PT – s, median (IQR) 10.7 (0.6) 10.4 (0.7) 0.275
APTT –s, median (IQR) 23.9 (3.2) 25.2 (3.2) 0.028
Urea – mmol/l, median (IQR) 6.15 (4.33) 4.6 (2.4) 0.094
Creatinine – μmol/l, median (IQR) 83.5 (38.5) 68 (20) 0.075
eGFR – ml/min/1.73 m2, median (IQR) 75.5 (32.75) 84 (21) 0.064
Bilirubin – μmol/l, median (IQR) 10 (7) 11 (7) 0.999
ALT – iU/l, median (IQR) 24 (21.25) 20 (15) 0.584
Inpatient thromboprophylaxis      
AES <12 hours, – n (%) 1 (10) 31 (6.6) 0.503
AES 12–24 hours, – n (%) 3 (30) 189 (40.3) 0.747
AES >24 hours – n (%) 1 (10) 48 (10.4) 1.000
AES not administered – n (%) 5 (50) 201 (42.9) 0.751
Enoxaparin <12 hours – n (%) 9 (90) 392 (83.6) 1.000
Enoxaparin 12–24 hours – n (%) 1 (10) 30 (6.4) 0.491
Enoxaparin >24 hours – n (%) 0 (0) 46 (9.8) 0.609
Enoxaparin not administered – n (%) 0 (0) 1 (0.2) 1.000
Enoxaparin duration – days median (IQR) 5 (1) 4 (3) 0.575
Outpatient thromboprophylaxis      
Rivaroxaban start dayo – days median (IQR) 6 (1) 6 (4) 0.653
Rivaroxaban duration (hip) – days median (IQR) 30*** 31 (3) 0.510
Rivaroxaban duration (knee) – days median (IQR) 9 (2) 10 (3) 0.278
Total anticoagulation      
Total anticoagulation (hip) – days median (IQR) 35*** 35 (1) 0.653
Total anticoagulation (knee) – days median (IQR) 14 (2) 14 (1) 0.110

*Composite of primary and revision hip arthroplasties. **n=1 patient so the value is absolute rather than median, no IQR. ***n=3 patients so the IQR was not available. oNumber of days after surgery that rivaroxaban was commenced.

IHD = ischaemic heart disease; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AF = atrial fibrillation; VTE = venous thromboembolism; CKD = chronic kidney disease; CCF = congestive cardiac failure; ACEI/ARB = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker; CCB = calcium channel blocker; PT = prothrombin time; APTT = activated partial thromboplastin time; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AES = anti-embolism stocking; IQR = interquartile range