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Published in final edited form as: JAMA Cardiol. 2016 Sep 1;1(6):682–690. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.2181

Table 3.

Sensitivity Analyses

Sensitivity Analysis	RR (95% CI)
Cohort including patients with AF during sepsis regardless of rate or rhythm control medication, propensity score-matched cohort^a
Ischemic stroke	0.90 (0.74–1.10)
Bleeding	1.25 (1.16–1.35)
Primary propensity-matched cohort^b
Ischemic stroke, requiring brain imaging after receipt of anticoagulation	0.90 (0.72–1.11)
Bleeding, requiring blood transfusion after receipt of anticoagulation	0.99 (0.87–1.12)
Inverse probability of treatment-weighted analysis^c
Ischemic stroke	0.96 (0.79–1.15)
Bleeding	1.19 (1.08–1.30)
Ecologic exposure instrument: hospital rate of anticoagulation for AF during sepsis^c
Ischemic stroke	1.08 (0.62–1.90)
Bleeding	1.23 (0.88–1.72)

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; RR, relative risk.

n = 44 330.

n = 27 010.

n = 38 582.