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. 2021 May 4;37(4):730–736. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06834-1

Table 4.

Association between Frailty Status and Use of DOAC vs. Warfarin, among Those Receiving OAC (N=121839)

Frail status Number of patients Percent on DOAC Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for DOAC
Crude Adjusted*
Non-frail 40,037 26 Reference Reference
Pre-frail 42,756 28 1.12 (1.08,1.15) 1.27 (1.22, 1.31)
Frail 39,046 29 1.25 (1.21, 1.29) 1.75 (1.67, 1.83)

*Model adjusted for gender, race, marital status, depression, current smoker, heart failure, vascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, intracranial bleeding, GI bleeding, anemia, stroke, alcohol abuse, VA entitlement, CKD stage, medication count, BMI, admission 4 weeks prior, clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor, statin, beta blocker, and ACEI/ARB. Values in Bold indicate p<0.05