Table 2. Risks and hazard ratios for major bleeding, CRNM bleeding and recurrent VTE among patients receiving apixaban and warfarin as outpatient therapy for VTE.
No. Patients | No. Events | % Evented | Risk per 100 PY | HR | 95% CI | p -Value | |
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Major bleeding | |||||||
All | |||||||
Apixaban | 17,878 | 295 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 0.75 | 0.64–0.87 | < 0.001 |
Warfarin | 17,878 | 412 | 2.3 | 5.5 | – | – | – |
Gastrointestinal | |||||||
Apixaban | 17,878 | 111 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.72 | 0.57–0.92 | 0.009 |
Warfarin | 17,878 | 160 | 0.9 | 2.2 | – | – | – |
Intra-cranial | |||||||
Apixaban | 17,878 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.97 | 0.56–1.69 | 0.920 |
Warfarin | 17,878 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.3 | – | – | – |
Other | |||||||
Apixaban | 17,878 | 160 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.74 | 0.60–0.90 | 0.003 |
Warfarin | 17,878 | 226 | 1.3 | 3.0 | – | – | – |
CRNM bleeding | |||||||
All | |||||||
Apixaban | 17,878 | 1,257 | 7.0 | 18.0 | 0.77 | 0.71–0.83 | < 0.001 |
Warfarin | 17,878 | 1,688 | 9.4 | 22.7 | – | – | – |
Gastrointestinal | |||||||
Apixaban | 17,878 | 385 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 0.88 | 0.76–1.00 | 0.053 |
Warfarin | 17,878 | 460 | 2.6 | 6.2 | – | – | – |
Other | |||||||
Apixaban | 17,878 | 874 | 4.9 | 12.5 | 0.73 | 0.67–0.79 | < 0.001 |
Warfarin | 17,878 | 1,238 | 6.9 | 16.7 | – | – | – |
Recurrent VTE | |||||||
Apixaban | 17,878 | 403 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 0.80 | 0.70–0.91 | < 0.001 |
Warfarin | 17,878 | 521 | 2.9 | 7.0 | – | – | – |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CRNM, clinically relevant non-major; HR, hazard ratio; PY, patient-years; VTE, venous thromboembolism.