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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Significance of pharmacist intervention to oral antithrombotic therapy in the pharmaceutical outpatient clinic of cardiovascular internal medicine: a retrospective cohort study

 

Intervention group

(n = 132)

Non-intervention group

(n = 264)

P-values

Observation period (day), Mean ± SD

1638 ± 81

1702 ± 50

 < 0.001

Intervention period (day)a, Median (range)

224 (27–1742)

-

-

Number of interventions, Median (range)

5.5 (2–31)

-

-

Age (year), Mean ± SD

73.2 ± 12.2

72.6 ± 11.8

0.62

Male

94 (71.2%)

188 (71.2%)

1.00

History of stroke (yes)

20 (15.1%)

37 (14.0%)

0.76

History of PCI (yes)

43 (32.5%)

102 (38.6%)

0.27

History of CABG (yes)

8 (6.0%)

25 (9.6%)

0.34

Laboratory data

 SCr (mg/dL), Mean ± SD

1.09 ± 0.48

1.06 ± 0.54

0.66

 eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2), Mean ± SD

55.7 ± 19.4

57.2 ± 18.4

0.48

 AST (U/L), Mean ± SD

29.4 ± 18.6

25.6 ± 11.5

0.011

 ALT(U/L), Mean ± SD

25.7 ± 24.7

23.2 ± 16.3

0.23

Indication for anticoagulation

 Atrial fibrillation

65 (49.2%)

108 (40.9%)

0.13

 Ischemic heart disease

53 (40.1%)

116 (43.9%)

0.52

 Deep vein thrombosis

7 (5.3%)

33 (12.5%)

0.033

Antithrombotic drug

 Warfarin

51 (38.6%)

103 (39.0%)

1.00

 DOAC

34 (25.7%)

53 (20.0%)

0.20

  Apixaban

22 (16.7%)

23 (8.7%)

0.028

  Rivaroxaban

6 (4.5%)

16 (6.1%)

0.65

  Dabigatran

1 (0.8%)

14 (5.3%)

0.025

  Edoxaban

5 (3.8%)

0

0.004

 Antiplatelet drug

63 (47%)

141 (53.4%)

0.29

  Aspirin

55 (41.7%)

132 (50.0%)

0.14

  Clopidogrel

11 (8.3%)

29 (11.0%)

0.48

  Prasugrel

13 (9.8%)

16 (6.1%)

0.22

  Cilostazole

3 (2.3%)

4 (1.5%)

0.69

  Ticlopidine

1 (0.8%)

3 (1.1%)

1.00

  Sarpogrelate

0

3 (1.1%)

0.55

  1. SD Standard deviation, PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG Coronary artery bypass grafting, DOAC Direct oral anticoagulant
  2. aIntervention period was the duration from the first to the last visit with pharmacist intervention