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. 2018 Jul 6;34(1):141–150. doi: 10.1007/s00380-018-1219-0

Table 2.

Efficacy and safety endpoints in the primary and secondary prevention groups for stroke and systemic embolism (efficacy and safety populations)

Primary prevention group (n = 5546) Secondary prevention group (n = 1595) P value
Event, n %/year 95% CI Event, n %/year 95% CI
Primary efficacy endpoint
 Stroke (ischemic/hemorrhagic)/SE 92 0.7 0.53–0.81 84 2.2 1.72–2.65 < 0.001
Secondary efficacy endpoints
 Stroke (ischemic/hemorrhagic)/SE/MI/cardiovascular death 173 1.3 1.08–1.45 118 3.1 2.51–3.62 < 0.001
 Stroke (ischemic/hemorrhagic) 91 0.7 0.53–0.80 80 2.1 1.62–2.54 < 0.001
 Ischemic stroke 62 0.5 0.34–0.57 68 1.8 1.35–2.19 < 0.001
 Hemorrhagic stroke 28 0.2 0.13–0.28 12 0.3 0.14–0.49 0.21
 TIA 18 0.1 0.07–0.19 19 0.5 0.27–0.72 < 0.001
 SE 2 0.01 0.00–0.03 4 0.1 0.00–0.21 0.008
 Acute MI/unstable angina pectoris 25 0.2 0.11–0.25 10 0.3 0.10–0.42 0.339
 Deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary thromboembolism 4 0.03 0.00–0.06 2 0.05 0.00–0.12 0.497
 PCI/CABG 30 0.2 0.14–0.30 14 0.4 0.17–0.55 0.109
 Cardiovascular death 88 0.6 0.51–0.78 39 1.0 0.70–1.33 0.016
 All-cause death 190 1.4 1.19–1.58 91 2.4 1.88–2.85 < 0.001
Primary safety endpoint
 ISTH major bleeding 159 1.2 0.98–1.34 56 1.5 1.70–1.84 0.132
  Intracranial hemorrhage 54 0.4 0.29–0.50 30 0.8 0.50–1.06 0.002
  Gastrointestinal bleeding 67 0.5 0.37–0.61 16 0.4 0.21–0.62 0.42
  Others 38 0.3 0.19–0.37 10 0.3 0.10–0.42 0.942
Secondary safety endpoints
 Non-major bleeding (not defined using ISTH criteria) 668 4.9 4.51–5.25 188 4.9 4.19–5.59 0.963

CI confidence interval, SE systemic embolism, MI myocardial infarction, TIA transient ischemic attack, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, ISTH International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis