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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of case and control patients

From: Risk of major bleeding at different PT-INR ranges in elderly Japanese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation receiving warfarin: a nested case-control study

Characteristics

Cases (n = 32)

Controls (n = 64)

P value

Age (yr), mean ± SD

81 ± 5

81 ± 5

NS

Gender, M/F

14/18

28/36

NS

PT-INR

   

Median PT-INR(Q1,Q3)

2.62 (1.97, 5.30)

1.75 (1.52, 2.14)

<0.05

≤1.49, n (%)

5 (16)

15 (24)

NS

1.50 to 1.99, n (%)

3 (9)

29 (45)

<0.05

2.00 to 2.49, n (%)

5 (16)

13 (20)

NS

2.50 to 2.99, n (%)

4 (12)

6 (9)

NS

≥3.00, n (%)

15 (47)

1 (2)

<0.05

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2), mean ± SD

43 ± 27

49 ± 15

NS

CHADS2 score, mean ± SD

3 ± 1

3 ± 1

NS

Congestive heart failure, n (%)

19 (59)

19 (30)

<0.05

Hypertension, n (%)

22 (69)

50 (78)

NS

Diabetes, n (%)

5 (16)

21 (33)

NS

Stroke/TIA, n (%)

16 (50)

23 (36)

NS

HAS-BLED score, mean ± SD

3 ± 1

3 ± 1

NS

Impaired renal function, n (%)

7 (22)

3 (5)

<0.05

Impaired liver function, n (%)

4 (13)

3 (5)

NS

Stroke, n (%)

14 (44)

22 (34)

NS

History of bleeding, n (%)

10 (31)

14 (22)

NS

Labile PT-INR, n (%)

2 (6)

19 (30)

NS

Antiplatelet or NSAID, n (%)

12 (38)

24 (38)

NS

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

1 (3)

4 (6)

NS

  1. Q1 and 3 represent the upper limits of the first and third interquartile ranges. TIA transient ischemic attack, PT-INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, NSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug