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Table 4 The impact of type of anticoagulation on the primary and secondary outcomes – univariable analysis

From: Falls in ED patients: do elderly patients on direct oral anticoagulants bleed less than those on vitamin K antagonists?

 

OR (95% CI)[DOAC vs. VKA]

p

Any bleeding complication

0.639 (0.476–0.859)

0.003

 Intracranial haemorrhage

0.589 (0.410–0.844)

0.004

 Abdominal bleeding

1.199 (0.219–6.572)

0.834

 Thoracic bleeding

0.478 (0.056–4.105)

0.501

 Arterial soft tissue haematoma

2.410 (0.600–9.681)

0.215

 Venous soft tissue haematoma

0.574 (0.275–1.200)

0.140

 Epistaxis

1.926 (0.515–7.208)

0.330

ICU admission

0.791 (0.611–1.025)

0.076

In-hospital mortality

1.186 (0.725–1.940)

0.498

 

GMR (95% CI)[DOAC vs. VKA]

p

LOS hospital [days]

1.026 (0.853–1.235)

0.783

  1. Abbreviation: DOAC Direct oral anticoagulants, GMR Geometric mean ratio, ICU Intensive care unit, LOS Length of stay, OR Odds ratio