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. 2021 May 20;8(3):383–391. doi: 10.1007/s40801-021-00258-3

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of AF patients on oral anticoagulation by types of antidepressant, MarketScan®, 2007–2015

SSRI SNRI SRI TCA Other
N (%) 16830 (56) 3023 (10) 3486 (12) 2971 (10) 4026 (13)
Mean (SD)
 Age 71.8 (13.2) 70.9 (12.3) 73.6 (12.6) 70.8 (12.4) 74.5 (13.4)
 HAS-BLED Score 2.5 (1.3) 2.5 (1.3) 2.6 (1.3) 2.4 (1.3) 2.7 (1.3)
 CHA2DS2-VASc 4.3 (2.1) 4.2 (2.1) 4.3 (2.0) 4.0 (2.0) 4.5 (2.1)
N (%)
 Female 8838 (53) 1570 (52) 2077 (60) 1643 (55) 2224 (55)
 HF 7584 (45) 1358 (45) 1700 (49) 1187 (40) 2050 (51)
 Hypertension 14220 (84) 2618 (87) 3041 (87) 2473 (83) 3431 (85)
 DM 6187 (37) 1339 (44) 1265 (36) 1104 (37) 1425 (35)
 MI 2361 (14) 401 (13) 561 (16) 362 (12) 609 (15)
 PAD 3930 (23) 790 (26) 866 (25) 675 (23) 1124 (28)
 Kidney failure 2861 (17) 522 (17) 724 (21) 491 (17) 844 (21)
 Stroke 5597 (33) 921 (30) 1080 (31) 867 (29) 1426 (35)
 Bleeding (all types) 6332 (38) 1104 (37) 1300 (37) 1051 (35) 1643 (41)
 Intracranial or GI bleeding 301 (2) 49 (2) 58 (1) 50 (1) 60 (1)
 Anemia 5607 (33) 1105 (37) 1272 (36) 972 (33) 1576 (39)
 Coagulopathy 2346 (14) 440 (15) 472 (14) 436 (15) 615 (15)
 Cancer 3343 (20) 632 (21) 722 (21) 600 (20) 940 (23)
 Mood disorder 4592 (27) 782 (26) 478 (14) 266 (9) 1143 (28)
 Cognitive impairment 1675 (10) 234 (8) 356 (10) 153 (5) 526 (13)
 COPD 6360 (38) 1174 (39) 1383 (40) 1117 (38) 1773 (44)
 Liver 1322 (8) 285 (9) 315 (9) 319 (11) 394 (10)
 Alcohol 485 (3) 80 (3) 148 (4) 78 (3) 161 (4)
 Antiplatelet 463 (3) 87 (3) 95 (3) 82 (3) 119 (3)
 Diuretics 9940 (59) 1854 (61) 2160 (62) 1739 (59) 2418 (60)
 Antiarrhythmic 2155 (13) 377 (12) 434 (12) 425 (14) 488 (12)
 Digoxin 4602 (27) 807 (27) 937 (27) 807 (27) 1212 (30)
 ACEI 7513 (45) 1284 (42) 1635 (47) 1286 (43) 1784 (44)
 ARB 4671 (28) 872 (29) 1018 (29) 828 (28) 1052 (26)
 Beta-blocker 13265 (79) 2378 (79) 2823 (81) 2347 (79) 3172 (79)
 Calcium channel blocker 8144 (48) 1423 (47) 1704 (49) 1484 (50) 1913 (48)
 Lipid-lowering medications 10898 (65) 1964 (65) 2334 (67) 1923 (65) 2502 (62)
 Warfarin 13652 (81) 2369 (78) 2777 (80) 2482 (84) 3214 (80)
 Apixaban 467 (3) 89 (3) 107 (3) 63 (2) 126 (3)
 Rivaroxaban 1307 (8) 282 (9) 318 (9) 221 (7) 359 (9)
 Dabigatran 1403 (8) 282 (9) 284 (8) 205 (7) 327 (8)

ACEI angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blockers, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, DM diabetes mellitus, GI gastrointestinal, HF heart failure, HTN hypertension, MI myocardial infarction, Other other antidepressants, PAD peripheral arterial diseases, SNRI serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, SRI serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, TCA tricyclic antidepressant