Table 7.
HRs and 95% CIs for 1-yr mortality, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, calciphylaxis, and GI bleeding by warfarin among the incident HD population with AF, 2006–2013
| Variable | Mortalitya | Ischemic | Hemorrhagic | Calciphylaxis | GI Bleeding | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aHR | 95% CI | aHR | 95% CI | aHR | 95% CI | aHR | 95% CI | aHR | 95% CI | |
| Warfarin | 0.81 | 0.72 to 0.91 | 0.79 | 0.66 to 0.95 | 1.22 | 1.03 to 1.46 | 1.49 | 1.05 to 1.91 | 1.12 | 0.94 to 1.36 |
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, dual eligibility, residential area, vintage, median income+CHA2DS2-VASc+baseline and time-varying comorbidities (congestive heart failure, cancer, peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, COPD, hypertension, current smoker status, atherosclerotic heart disease, diabetes, AIDS)+baseline and time-varying medications+baseline and time-varying procedures. aHR, adjusted hazard ratio.COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Employed a competing-risks Cox model with time-varying covariates.