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. 2020 Feb 21;9(2):584. doi: 10.3390/jcm9020584

Table 2.

Determinants of stroke and major bleeding events in a multivariate Cox regression model.

Item Stroke Major Bleeding
HR (95% C.I.) p Value HR (95% C.I.) p Value
Age ≥ 75 years 1.36 (0.88–2.08) 0.15 1.16 (0.76–1.76) 0.48
Male 1.11 (0.71–1.80) 0.63 1.33 (0.83–2.19) 0.23
Body weight ≤ 50 kg 1.11 (0.63–1.89) 0.70 0.96 (0.53–1.69) 0.91
Persistent AF or LS-AF vs. Paroxysmal AF 1.46 (0.97–2.24) 0.069 1.10 (0.74–1.66) 0.60
Hypertension 1.28 (0.83–2.03) 0.26 1.29 (0.84–2.04) 0.24
Diabetes mellitus 1.05 (0.67–1.61) 0.79 1.31 (0.86–1.95) 0.19
Heart failure 0.82 (0.52–1.32) 0.43 0.79 (0.49–1.24) 0.33
Vascular disease 1.02 (0.57–1.83) 0.92 1.11 (0.62–1.91) 0.69
History of stroke or TIA 2.35 (1.52–3.63) <0.001 1.01 (0.56–1.69) 0.97
New OAC use 1.71 (1.08–2.70) 0.021 1.28 (0.78–2.05) 0.31
Antiplatelet use 1.00 (0.59–1.69) 0.97 1.18 (0.70–1.94) 0.50
DOAC vs. warfarin 1.06 (0.70–1.58) 0.77 0.97 (0.65–1.45) 0.91
CrCl ≤ 50 mL/min 1.68 (1.06–2.64) 0.024 1.93 (1.23–3.02) 0.004
Third tertile of FIB4 index 1.21 (0.81–1.80) 0.33 1.31 (0.88–1.94) 0.17

HR: hazard ratio; C.I.: confidence interval; FIB4: Fibrosis-4; Other abbreviations were previously defined in Table 1 footnote.