Among morbidly 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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of events |
IR per 100 person-years |
No. of events |
IR per 100 person-years |
||||
Recurrent VTE | 337 | 8.0 | 130 | 5.4 |
|
0.65 (0.53-0.80) | <.001 |
Major bleeding | 268 | 6.3 | 107 | 4.4 |
|
0.68 (0.54-0.86) | .001 |
GI bleeding | 141 | 3.3 | 64 | 2.6 |
|
0.78 (0.57-1.06) | .114 |
Intracranial bleeding | 17 | 0.4 | <11 | - |
|
0.10 (0.01-0.72) | .023 |
Other major bleeding | 122 | 2.9 | 45 | 1.9 |
|
0.63 (0.44-0.90) | .011 |
CRNM bleeding | 1495 | 38.2 | 672 | 29.3 |
|
0.76 (0.69-0.83) | <.001 |
GI CRNM bleeding | 360 | 8.6 | 200 | 8.4 |
|
0.95 (0.79-1.14) | .581 |
Other CRNM bleeding | 1180 | 29.6 | 491 | 21.1 |
|
0.70 (0.63-0.78) | <.001 |
Favors apixaban
Favors warfarin