Table 4. Clinical outcomes.
| Year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Stroke related admission | 193 (4.6) |
210 (4.0) |
248 (4.1) |
275 (3.9) |
35 (4.5) |
344 (3.9) |
336 (3.5) |
396 (3.8) |
409 (3.6) |
518 (4.3) |
| GI bleeding related admission | 38 (0.9) |
50 (1.0) |
49 (0.8) |
49 (0.7) |
69 (0.9) |
72 (0.8) |
66 (0.7) |
85 (0.8) |
103 (0.9) |
109 (0.9) |
| Cerebral hemorrhage related admission | 48 (1.1) |
51 (1.0) |
75 (1.2) |
85 (1.2) |
109 (1.4) |
109 (1.2) |
99 (1.0) |
126 (1.2) |
137 (1.2) |
145 (1.2) |
| All-cause mortality* | 279 (6.7) |
312 (6.0) |
333 (5.5) |
390 (5.6) |
420 (5.3) |
433 (4.9) |
509 (5.3) |
555 (5.3) |
609 (5.4) |
602 (5.0) |
| Cardiovascular mortality* | 60 (1.4) |
67 (1.3) |
87 (1.4) |
102 (1.5) |
90 (1.1) |
90 (1.0) |
104 (1.1) |
128 (1.2) |
134 (1.2) |
129 (1.1) |
| Stroke-related mortality* | 53 (1.3) |
56 (1.1) |
53 (0.9) |
61 (0.7) |
59 (0.9) |
75 (0.9) |
85 (0.9) |
95 (0.9) |
78 (0.7) |
94 (0.8) |
Values are presented as number (%). All outcome events were estimated as the proportion of patients among AF population. *p value for trends <0.05. GI: gastrointestinal, AF: atrial fibrillation