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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2018 Dec 12;16(6):820–826. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.12.005

Table 2.

Final model predictors of ischemic stroke hospitalization among patients with atrial fibrillation initiating oral anticoagulation in the derivation (MarketScan, 2007-2015) and validation (Optum Clinformatics®, 2009-2015) cohorts

Derivation Cohort (MarketScan) Validation Cohort (Optum Clinformatics®)
VARIABLE HR (95%CI) HR (95%CI)
Age, per 1 year 1.04(1.03,1.04) 1.04(1.03,1.05)
Sex (female) 1.24(1.13,1.35) 1.36(1.22,1.51)
Prior history of ischemic stroke 1.90(1.73,2.09) 1.84(1.65,2.06)
Anti-diabetic medications 1.64(1.47,1.83) 1.43(1.25,1.64)
Antiarrhythmic medications 0.75(0.67,0.84) 0.76(0.66,0.88)
Beta blockers 1.23(1.11,1.37) 1.07(0.95,1.21)
Calcium channel blockers 1.11(1.02,1.21) 1.04(0.93,1.17)
Lipid lowering medications 0.83(0.75,0.91) 0.90(0.80,1.01)
History of intracranial bleeds 1.48(1.15,1.91) 0.96(0.68,1.37)
Antiplatelet therapy 1.17(1.05,1.30) 1.17(1.02,1.35)
DOAC (vs warfarin)
 Dabigatran 0.94(0.81,1.09) 0.99(0.84,1.16)
 Rivaroxaban 1.04(0.88,1.23) 0.85(0.71,1.01)
 Apixaban 0.72(0.53,0.97) 0.60(0.45,0.81)
Calibration (χ2, (p value)) 6.1 (p=0.73) 21.9 (p=0.01)

The 1-year risk of ischemic stroke can be calculated as 1 − (0.9937)**exp[0.03814*(Age-69.8346) + 0.64192*(Ischemic stroke −0.26356) + 0.21136*(Female sex −0.40083) + 0.49492*(Antidiabetic medications-0.14609) − 0.1923*(Lipid lowering medications-0.56891) + 0.21049*(Beta blockers-0.70587)+ 0.39245*(Intracranial bleed history-0.01529) − 0.2841*(Antiarrhythmic use −0.24112)+0.153*(Antiplatelet use-0.1578) + 0.10354*(Calcium channel blockers-0.39906)− 0.0633*(Dabigatran) + 0.03916*(Rivaroxaban ) − 0.3289*(Apixaban )]