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Table 4 The association between frailty category and clinical outcomes

From: Clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and frailty: insights from the ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 trial

 

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

Fit

Pre-frail

Mild-moderate frailty

Severe frailty

Primary endpoints

 Time to first adjudicated stroke or systemic embolism

  Unadjusted

1

1.22 (1.03–1.45)

1.93 (1.59–2.35)

1.58 (0.99–2.55)

  Adjusted

1

1.22 (0.90–1.65)

1.84 (1.31–2.59)

2.30 (1.17–4.52)

 Time to adjudicated major bleeding during treatment

  Unadjusted

1

1.22 (1.04–1.43)

1.75 (1.46–2.09)

3.02 (2.17–4.20)

  Adjusted

1

1.32 (1.04–1.68)

1.79 (1.36–2.37)

2.86 (1.72–4.76)

Composite net clinical endpoints

 Stroke, systemic embolic event, major bleeding, or death

  Unadjusted

1

1.30 (1.19–1.43)

2.31 (2.09–2.55)

3.29 (2.74–3.96)

  Adjusted

1

1.49 (1.28–1.74)

2.45 (2.07–2.90)

3.56 (2.63–4.81)

 Disabling stroke, life-threatening bleeding, or death

  Unadjusted

1

1.37 (1.22–1.53)

2.60 (2.30–2.94)

3.69 (2.96–4.59)

  Adjusted

1

1.60 (1.32–1.95)

2.88 (2.33–3.55)

4.59 (3.24–6.50)

 Stroke, systemic embolic event, life-threatening bleeding, or death

  Unadjusted

1

1.32 (1.19–1.47)

2.49 (2.22–2.78)

3.36 (2.73–4.14)

  Adjusted

1

1.56 (1.30–1.87)

2.73 (2.24–3.33)

4.24 (3.04–5.91)

Death

 Unadjusted

1

1.40 (1.24–1.58)

2.75 (2.41–3.13)

3.94 (3.13–4.97)

 Adjusted

1

1.68 (1.36–2.09)

3.13 (2.48–3.95)

4.97 (3.42–7.23)

  1. Adjustments made for sex, age, race, and region. Interaction by treatment group: not significant