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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Aug 11;68(12):2778–2786. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16756

Table 3.

Odds of OAC treatment and receiving DOAC in relation to frailty and cognitive impairment among older patients with atrial fibrillation, SAGE-AF 2016-2018

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Unadjusted Model 1 Model 2
On OAC
n (%)
Odds of not receiving OAC treatment (N=1244)
No impairment 561 (85.9) referent referent referent
Frailty 54 (84.4) 1.14 (0.56, 2.32) 1.55 (0.75, 3.22) 1.51 (0.70, 3.27)
CI 354 (84.5) 1.15 (0.82, 1.62) 1.34 (0.94, 1.91) 1.39 (0.94, 2.05)
Both frailty and CI 95 (88.-) 0.84 (0.45, 1.56) 1.23 (0.64, 2.35) 1.35 (0.66, 2.77)
On DOAC
n (%)
Odds of receiving a DOAC among those on OAC (n=1064)
No impairment 256 (45.6) referent referent referent
Frailty 21 (38.9) 0.76 (0.43, 1.34) 0.92 (0.51, 1.64) 0.89 (0.49, 1.67)
CI 138 (39.-) 0.76 (0.58, 0.99) 0.84 (0.63, 1.10) 0.91 (0.67, 1.23)
Both frailty and CI 51 (53.7) 1.38 (0.89, 2.14) 1.73 (1.10, 2.73) 1.71 (1.02, 2.88)

Note. OAC: Oral anticoagulation; DOAC: Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants

Model 1 is adjusted for CHA2DS2VASC score, Model 2 is adjusted for Model 1 + age, education, race, marital status, has-bled score, AMI, asthma/COPD, vision impairment, hearing impairment, social support, depression, anxiety, fall in the past 6 months.