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. 2019 Jul 17;42(10):851–859. doi: 10.1002/clc.23231

Table 2.

Major patients characteristics and comorbidities evaluated for each anticoagulant

  • Sociodemographic characteristics: median age, sex ratio, region of residence, free‐access‐to‐care status

  • AF characteristics: time since AF diagnosis

  • LTD status distribution (LTD type, ICD‐10 code for diagnosis)

  • Previous hospital stay: number and total length of hospital stays

  • Previous exposure to anticoagulant treatment (class, molecule) over the three previous years, for anticoagulant‐experienced patients

  • Thromboembolism risk factors: CHADS2 mean score, CHA2DS2 VASc mean score, and distribution according to the scores

  • Bleeding risk factors: HASBLED mean score and distribution according to the score

  • Charlson mean score and distribution according to the score

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; ICD‐10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision; LTD, long‐term disease.