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. 2021 Jul 26;111(1):200–208. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2362

Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics at baseline and weighted characteristics after IPTW

Patients’ characteristics n = 39,992 Weighted populations

DOAC

n = 8,789

VKA

n = 31,200

DOAC VKA Standardized diff.
Mean SE Mean SE Mean Mean Before After
Age (age when first started treatment) 74.42 0.12 75.36 0.05 75.33 75.17 0.09 −0.015
N % N % % %
Sex (female) 4,112 46.8 15,054 48.3 48.3 48.0 0.029 −0.007
Country
Africa 60 07 160 0.5 0.6 0.5 −0.022 −0.015
America 75 0.8 213 0.7 0.8 0.7 −0.020 −0.017
Spain 7,755 88.2 28,488 91.3 88.5 91.2 0.102 0.089
Europe 739 8.4 1,699 5.4 8.2 5.5 −0.117 −0.107
Other 160 1.8 640 2.1 1.8 2.1 0.017 0.020
Vulnerability
No risk 8,087 92.0 28,655 91.8 92 91.8 −0.006 −0.005
Unemployed 169 1.9 560 1.8 1.7 1.9 −0.009 0.014
Irregular foreigner 2 0,02 14 0.04 0 0 0.012 0.013
Without resources 218 2,5 772 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.000 −0.004
Undefined 4 0,1 11 0.04 0 0 −0.005 −0.006
Missing 309 3,5 1,188 3.8 3.7 3.7 0.016 0.000
Income
< 18,000 6,294 71,6 23,996 76.9 70.5 76.8 0.121 0.098
18,000–100,000 1,836 20,9 4,722 15.1 20 15.3 −0.150 −0.122
> 100,000 75 0,9 63 0.2 0.8 0.2 −0.090 −0.078
Without resources 309 3,5 1,211 3.9 3.6 3.9 0.019 0.016
Unknown 275 3,1 1,208 3.9 3.2 3.9 0.040 0.036
Cancer risk factors
Smoking 899 10,2 3,395 10.9 10.7 10.7 0.021 0.003
Gastritis 530 6,0 1,867 6.0 6.1 6 −0.002 −0.002
Intestinal polyps 146 1,7 500 1.6 1.6 1.6 −0.005 −0.002
COPD 439 5,0 1,715 5.5 5.4 5.4 0.023 0.000
Inflammatory bowel disease 79 0,9 191 0.6 0.7 0.7 −0.032 0.002
Alcohol use 178 2,0 678 2.2 2.2 2.1 0.004 −0.003
Comorbidities
Rheumatologic diseases 193 2.2 729 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.009 −0.002
Previous organ transplant 18 0.2 175 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.058 0.004
Coronary heart disease 1,471 18.5 5,781 18.1 18.2 17.9 0.047 −0.007
VTE‐PE 458 5.2 2,330 7.5 7.0 7.0 0.093 −0.002
Gastrointestinal bleeding 355 4.0 1,284 4.1 4.1 4.1 0.004 −0.005
Heart failure 1,382 15.7 5,756 18.5 18.2 17.9 0.072 −0.009
Hypertension 6,775 77.1 25,090 80.4 79.9 79.7 0.082 −0.005
Diabetes 2,756 31.4 11,188 35.9 35.1 34.9 0.095 −0.004
Liver disease 615 7.0 2,274 7.3 7.2 7.2 0.011 0.000
Renal disease 839 9.7 4,315 13.8 12.9 12.9 0.134 0.001
Previous stroke or TIA 1,912 21.7 6,255 20.1 20.7 20.5 −0.042 −0.006
Dementia 717 8.2 2,129 6.8 7.2 7.1 0.031 −0.005
Depression 1,194 13.6 4,285 13.7 13.8 13.7 −0.051 −0.002

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DOAC, direct oral anticoagulant; IPTW, inverse probability treatment‐weighting; TIA, transient ischemic attack; VKA, vitamin K antagonist; VTE‐PE, venous thromboembolism or pulmonary embolism.