Table 4

Bleeding rates for all patients by various risk group and treatment strategy

GroupHeparin+compress n (%)Heparin+device n (%)*ARD (RRR)[NNT]Bival+compress n (%)Bival+device
n (%)
†ARD (RRR) [NNT]
Overall612 (2.9)169 (2.6)0.3 (0.10) [333]253 (1.9)44 (1.0)0.8 (0.42) [125]
 Male287 (2.0)70 (1.6)0.4 (0.20) [250]106 (1.2)24 (0.8)0.4 (0.33) [250]
 Female325 (4.6)99 (4.5)0.1 (0.02) [1000]147 (3.2)20 (1.3)1.9 (0.59) [53]
2B3A inhibitors
 STEMI228 (8.1)53 (5.9)2.2 (0.27) [45]16 (7.5)7 (7.0)0.5 (0.07) [200]
 NSTEMI160 (4.0)57 (3.7)0.3 (0.08) [333]17 (4.0)6 (3.4)0.6 (0.15) [167]
 Stable Angina 66 (2.4)13 (1.5)0.9 (0.37) [111]14 (3.6)2 (2.0)1.6 (0.44) [62]
No 2B3A inhibitors
 STEMI40 (4.0)5 (2.5)1.5 (0.37) [66]23 (4.7)10 (4.0)0.7 (0.15) [143]
 NSTEMI69 (1.2)29 (1.6)0.4 (0.33) [250]100 (1.9)14 (0.7)1.2 (0.63) [83]
 Stable Angina49 (0.9)12 (1.0)0.1 (0.11) [1000]83 (1.3)5 (0.3)1.0 (0.76) [100]
  • *Statistics for device effect among heparin patients.

  • †Statistics for device among bivalirudin patients.

  • ARD, absolute risk difference; bival, bivalirudin; compress, compression; NNT, number needed to treat; NSTEMI, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; RRR, relative risk reduction.