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. 2019 Oct 7;14(10):e0222762. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222762

Table 1. AF treatment patient characteristics (VKA: VKA Group—NOAC: NOAC Group).

Group VKA NOAC Switch patients on VKA+NOAC
N of patients 1,355 577 239
Age, yrs
Mean (SD) 75.9 (8.6) 77.3 (9.2) 73.4 (8.1)
Sex
Male, N 659 272 128
Male, % 48.6% 47.1% 53.6%
CHA2DS2-VASc, score
Mean (SD) 3.1 (1.3) 3.1 (1.3) 2.9 (1.3)
Previous TIA-Stroke
N 36 36 7
% 2.7% 6.2% 2.9%
P-value¥ - 0.0001* 0.8108

¥ Pair-wise P-value for comparison vs. VKA

*Statistically significant i.e. p<0,05