Table 5.

Incidence rates for dabigatran- and apixaban-treated patients within the PS-trimmed cohort (A) and the PS-matched cohort (B)

Incidence rates/100 patient-years (95% CI)	(A) PS-trimmed cohort		(B) PS-matched cohort
	Dabigatran n = 3585	Apixaban n = 4145	Dabigatran n = 2683	Apixaban n = 2683
Composite outcome*	2.35 (2.00–2.72)	2.55 (2.22–2.90)	2.55 (2.12–2.98)	2.30 (1.90–2.69)
Stroke	0.85 (0.65–1.07)	0.73 (0.56–0.90)	0.86 (0.62–1.13)	0.77 (0.54–1.02)
GI bleeding	0.35 (0.22–0.50)	0.31 (0.20–0.42)	0.41 (0.25–0.58)	0.21 (0.10–0.35)
ICH bleeding	0.18 (0.08–0.28)	0.24 (0.15–0.35)	0.17 (0.07–0.28)	0.22 (0.11–0.33)
Major bleeding	0.68 (0.50–0.86)	0.93 (0.74–1.12)	0.75 (0.53–0.98)	0.78 (0.56–1.02)
Myocardial infarction	0.42 (0.28–0.57)	0.71 (0.55–0.89)	0.45 (0.28–0.63)	0.55 (0.37–0.75)
All-cause death	2.18 (1.84–2.51)	2.71 (2.39–3.05)	2.35 (1.96–2.74)	2.56 (2.16–2.98)

PS propensity score; CI confidence interval; GI gastrointestinal; ICH intracerebral

^*Composite outcome of stroke, systemic embolism, myocardial infarction, life-threatening bleeding events, and vascular death