Table 3.

Two-year event rates per 100 person–years in the GARFIELD-AF UK population by treatment at baseline

Treatment at baselineAll-cause mortalityNon-haemorrhagic stroke/systemic embolismMajor bleeding
EventsRate (95% CI)EventsRate (95% CI)EventsRate (95% CI)
OAC1723.89 (3.35 to 4.52)461.05 (0.79 to 1.40)551.26 (0.97 to 1.64)
No OAC1064.68 (3.87 to 5.66)492.21 (1.67 to 2.92)251.11 (0.75 to 1.65)
DOAC523.98 (3.03 to 5.23)131.00 (0.58 to 1.73)100.77 (0.41 to 1.43)
VKA1203.85 (3.22 to 4.61)331.07 (0.76 to 1.51)451.46 (1.09 to 1.96)
OAC + antiplatelet374.43 (3.21 to 6.11)60.72 (0.32 to 1.61)151.82 (1.10 to 3.02)
OAC only1353.77 (3.18 to 4.46)401.13 (0.83 to 1.54)401.13 (0.83 to 1.54)
Antiplatelet only604.35 (3.37 to 5.60)352.61 (1.87 to 3.63)161.17 (0.72 to 1.91)
No OAC nor antiplatelet465.19 (3.89 to 6.93)141.60 (0.95 to 2.70)91.02 (0.53 to 1.97)
  • DOAC = direct-acting oral anticoagulant. GARFIELD-AF = Global Anticoagulant in the FIELD — Atrial Fibrillation registry. OAC = oral anticoagulant. VKA = vitamin K antagonist.