Table 2 Clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients who had active cancer.

From: Impact of type of anticoagulant on clinical outcomes in cancer patients who had atrial fibrillation

 

Patient-years

Number of event

Event rate (event/100 PY)

Unadjusted HR (95% CI)

aHR-MSM (95% CI)

Stroke

 Warfarin

1353

19

1.4 (0.9–2.2)

Reference

Reference

 DOAC

471

9

2.7 (1.0–3.7)

1.3 (0.6–3.0)

0.8 (0.2–2.7)

 LMWH/UFH

319

16

5.0 (3.1–8.2)

3.1 (1.6–6.0)

2.4 (1.0–5.6)

GI-bleeding

 Warfarin

1217

47

3.8 (2.9–5.1)

Reference

Reference

 DOAC

434

24

5.5 (3.7–8.2)

1.4 (0.8–2.3)

1.5 (0.9–2.6)

 LMWH/UFH

276

23

8.3 (5.5–12.5)

1.9 (1.2–3.2)

1.2 (0.6–2.4)

Intracranial bleeding

 Warfarin

1370

22

1.6 (1.0–2.4)

Reference

Reference

 DOAC

492

6

1.2 (0.5–2.7)

0.7 (0.3–1.8)

0.8 (0.3–2.5)

 LMWH/UFH

333

10

3.0 (1.6–5.6)

1.7 (0.8–3.5)

1.1 (0.4–3.1)

Overall -bleeding

 Warfarin

973

112

11.5 (9.5–13.8)

Reference

Reference

 DOAC

316

45

14.2 (10.6–19.0)

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

1.1 (0.7–1.6)

 LMWH/UFH

197

49

24.8 (18.8–32.9)

2.0 (1.4–2.8)

1.1 (0.6–1.7)

Death

 Warfarin

1419

57

4.0 (3.1–5.2)

Reference

Reference

 DOAC

516

28

5.4 (3.7–7.8)

1.4 (0.9–2.2)

1.2 (0.7–2.2)

 LMWH/UFH

349

50

14.3 (10.8–18.9)

4.1 (2.7–6.1)

4.5 (2.8–7.2)

  1. GI gastrointestinal, DOAC direct oral anticoagulant, LMWH low-molecular-weight heparin, UFH unfractionated heparin, PY patient-years, HR hazard ratio, aHR adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio, CI confidence interval.