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

Table 2.

Incidence rates by 1,000 person‐years in both cohorts as well as crude and adjusted HRs and 95% CI) for risk of cancer in VKA patients compared to DOAC patients

Cancer Group Person‐time Failures Rate 95% CI Crude HR 95% CI Adj. HR 95% CI
Any DOAC 23,051.44 287 12.45 11.09 13.98 1.19 1.05 1.35 1.16 1.02 1.32
VKA 91,751.50 1335 14.55 13.79 15.35
Lung DOAC 23,493.70 36 1.53 1.11 2.12 1.31 0.92 1.87 1.28 0.89 1.83
VKA 93,846.79 185 1.97 1.71 2.28
Colon DOAC 23,452.44 56 2.39 1.84 3.10 0.88 0.65 1.19 0.84 0.62 1.13
VKA 93,789.97 192 2.05 1.78 2.36
Prostate DOAC 12,423.58 29 2.33 1.62 3.36 1.34 0.90 1.99 1.40 0.94 2.10
VKA 48,502.67 152 3.13 2.67 3.67
Bladder DOAC 23,480.53 40 1.70 1.25 2.32 1.10 0.78 1.56 1.07 0.76 1.52
VKA 93,815.44 172 1.83 1.58 2.13
Breast DOAC 11,054.97 22 1.99 1.31 3.02 1.06 0.67 1.68 1.05 0.66 1.69
VKA 45,197.77 95 2.10 1.72 2.57

Adj, adjusted; CI, confidence interval; DOAC, direct oral anticoagulant; HR, hazard ratio; VKA, vitamin K antagonist.

HR reference group: DOAC cohort.