Figure 2.

Adjusted hazard ratios for primary effectiveness and safety outcomes by oral anticoagulant agent. Hazard ratios were obtained from Cox proportional hazard models after controlling for age, sex, race, eligibility for Medicaid, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, acute myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, other Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services priority comorbidities, history of bleeding, antiplatelet use, and nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug use. GI indicates gastrointestinal; IC, intracranial; NOAC, nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant; SE, systemic embolism.