Table 4 Demographic information of patients with intracranial haemorrhage.

From: The risk of major bleeding event in patients with chronic kidney disease on pentoxifylline treatment

 

Pentoxifylline

(n = 16)

Control

(n = 28)

P-value

Age group (years)

  

0.7237

18–59, n (%)

3 (18.75)

7 (25.00)

 

60 and above, n (%)

13 (81.25)

21 (75.00)

 

Gender

  

0.8195

Female, n (%)

8 (50.00)

13 (46.43)

 

Male, n (%)

8 (50.00)

15 (53.57)

 

Aspirin used

  

0.7625

No, n (%)

12 (75.00)

17 (60.71)

 

Non-regular, n (%)

3 (18.75)

9 (32.14)

 

Regular, n (%)

1 (6.25)

2 (7.14)

 

Comorbidities

DM, n (%)

8 (50.00)

14 (50.00)

1.0000

HTN, n (%)

13 (81.25)

23 (82.14)

1.0000

Hyperlipidaemia, n (%)

7 (43.75)

8 (28.57)

0.3069

Ischaemic stroke, n (%)

4 (25.00)

9 (32.14)

0.7385

CAD, n (%)

4 (25.00)

7 (25.00)

1.0000

ESRD, n (%)

0 (0.00)

4 (14.29)

0.2797

EPO, n (%)

 

DAPT/anticoagulant, n (%)

4 (25.00)

6 (21.43)

1.0000

Pentoxifylline

 < 800 mg/day, n (%)

8 (50.00)

 

 ≥ 800 mg/day, n (%)

8 (50.00)

 

Mortality, n (%)

5 (31.25)

10 (35.71)

0.7638

  1. CAD, coronary artery disease; DAPT, dual antiplatelet therapy; DM, diabetes mellitus; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; EPO, erythropoietin; HTN, hypertension.