Among obese patients, apixaban was associated with a significantly lower risk of recurrent VTE, MB, and CRNM bleeding compared with warfarin
Warfarin | Apixaban | HR (95% CI) | P value |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of events |
IR per 100 person-years |
No. of events |
IR per 100 person-years |
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Recurrent VTE | 638 | 7.3 | 317 | 5.6 |
|
0.73 (0.64-0.84) | <.001 |
Major bleeding | 546 | 6.2 | 265 | 4.6 |
|
0.73 (0.62-0.85) | <.001 |
GI bleeding | 308 | 3.5 | 155 | 2.7 |
|
0.76 (0.61-0.93) | .009 |
Intracranial bleeding | 38 | 0.4 | 15 | 0.3 |
|
0.61 (0.32-1.15) | .126 |
Other major bleeding | 216 | 2.4 | 103 | 1.8 |
|
0.72 (0.56-0.92) | .008 |
CRNM bleeding | 2843 | 34.8 | 1579 | 29.2 |
|
0.82 (0.77-0.88) | <.001 |
GI CRNM bleeding | 754 | 8.7 | 479 | 8.5 |
|
0.95 (0.85-1.08) | .441 |
Other CRNM bleeding | 2185 | 26.2 | 1147 | 20.9 |
|
0.78 (0.72-0.84) | <.001 |
Favors apixaban
Favors warfarin