HRs with 95% CIs for secondary endpoints
N (NOAC/warfarin) | Apixaban 5/2.5 mg twice daily over warfarin | Dabigatran 150/110 mg twice daily over warfarin | Edoxaban 60/30 mg once daily over warfarin | Rivaroxaban 15/10 mg once daily over warfarin | |
22 752/19 059 | 8 003/19 059 | 12 592/19 059 | 17 481/19 059 | ||
Ischaemic stroke | HR | 0.63 | 0.90 | 0.74 | 0.74 |
95% CI | (0.524 to 0.759) | (0.716 to 1.140) | (0.586 to 0.925) | (0.607 to 0.909) | |
P value | <0.0001 | 0.3906 | 0.0087 | 0.0039 | |
Haemorrhagic stroke | HR | 0.75 | 0.41 | 0.73 | 0.63 |
95% CI | (0.545 to 1.029) | (0.244 to 0.703) | (0.479 to 1.102) | (0.432 to 0.922) | |
P value | 0.0743 | 0.0011 | 0.1332 | 0.0175 | |
Systemic embolism | HR | 0.48 | 0.97 | 0.46 | 0.50 |
95% CI | (0.198 to 1.165) | (0.316 to 2.959) | (0.145 to 1.487) | (0.183 to 1.349) | |
P value | 0.1050 | 0.9519 | 0.1966 | 0.1701 | |
Major GI bleeding | HR | 0.76 | 0.92 | 0.83 | 0.92 |
95% CI | (0.579 to 0.987) | (0.655 to 1.286) | (0.602 to 1.158) | (0.693 to 1.213) | |
P value | 0.0394 | 0.6175 | 0.2798 | 0.5425 | |
Any GI bleeding | HR | 0.87 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 0.87 |
95% CI | (0.779 to 0.970) | (0.901 to 1.203) | (0.871 to 1.125) | (0.768 to 0.976) | |
P value | 0.0121 | 0.5870 | 0.8812 | 0.0186 | |
Major intracranial haemorrhage | HR | 0.58 | 0.42 | 0.60 | 0.52 |
95% CI | (0.452 to 0.757) | (0.283 to 0.637) | (0.427 to 0.836) | (0.379 to 0.702) | |
P value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0026 | <0.0001 | |
Any intracranial haemorrhage | HR | 0.89 | 0.79 | 0.92 | 0.81 |
95% CI | (0.781 to 1.010) | (0.658 to 0.946) | (0.789 to 1.076) | (0.701 to 0.936) | |
P value | 0.0715 | 0.0104 | 0.3014 | 0.0044 |
GI, gastrointestinal; NOAC, non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant.