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Table 4 Subgroup and sensitivity analysis

From: Thromboembolism, bleeding and vascular death in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients with type 2 diabetes receiving rivaroxaban or warfarin

Subgroup

PS overlap weighted HR (95%CI)

SSE/vascular death

Major/CRNM bleeding

Age

 ≥ 80 years

0.93 (0.87–1.00)

1.06 (0.96–1.18)

 < 80 years

0.91 (0.86–0.96)

0.90 (0.84–0.96)

Sex

 Female

0.94 (0.88–1.01)

0.97 (0.89–1.06)

 Male

0.89 (0.84–0.94)

0.92 (0.85–0.99)

eGFR

 > 50

0.93 (0.89–1.03)

0.92 (0.86–0.98)

 30–50

0.89 (0.80–0.99)

1.03 (0.89–1.19)

 < 30

0.79 (0.67–0.93)

1.02 (0.82–1.27)

Hemoglobin A1c

 ≥ 8.5

0.86 (0.78–0.95)

0.89 (0.77–1.03)

 < 8.5

0.93 (0.86–0.97)

0.95 (0.89–1.01)

Morbid obesity

 Yes

0.89 (0.82–0.99)

0.85 (0.75–0.95)

 No

0.92 (0.87–0.96)

0.97 (0.91–1.03)

Heart failure

 Yes

0.92 (0.87–0.97)

1.02 (0.94–1.11)

 No

0.89 (0.83–0.95)

0.87 (0.80–0.94)

Vascular disease

 Yes

0.91 (0.85–0.97)

1.03 (0.94–1.31)

 No

0.89 (0.85–0.95)

0.89 (0.82–0.95)

Peripheral artery disease

 Yes

0.92 (0.85–1.00)

1.10 (0.98–1.23)

 No

0.91 (0.86–0.95)

0.90 (0.84–0.96)

Revascularization

 Yes

0.94 (0.87–1.01)

0.99 (0.90–1.10)

 No

0.88 (0.84–0.93)

0.97 (0.94–1.01)

Prior stroke

 Yes

1.02 (0.93–1.13)

0.98 (0.83–1.17)

 No

0.89 (0.85–0.93)

0.93 (0.88–0.99)

Concomitant aspirin

 Yes

0.92 (0.88–1.01)

1.05 (0.97–1.30)

 No

0.86 (0.84–0.93)

0.86 (0.80–0.93)

Frailty score

 Low

0.86 (0.80–0.94)

0.85 (0.77–0.94)

 Moderate-to-high

0.92 (0.87–0.96)

0.99 (0.92–1.05)

Rivaroxaban dose

 20 mg

0.76 (0.72–0.80)*

0.86 (0.80–0.92)

 15 mg

0.93 (0.88–0.99)

0.93 (0.86–1.02)

Warfarin time in therapeutic INR

 < 25%

0.72 (0.69–0.76)

0.64 (0.60–0.69)

 25 to < 50%

0.72 (0.68–0.76)

0.74 (0.69–0.79)

 50 to < 75%

1.02 (0.97–1.08)

1.03 (0.96–1.11)

 ≥ 75%

1.33 (1.22–1.44)

1.67 (1.48–1.85)

PS method

 OLW

0.91 (0.88–0.95)

0.94 (0.89–0.99)

 sIPTW

0.94 (0.91–0.99)

1.00 (0.92–1.08)

 1:1 PSM (caliper = 0.25 SD)

0.89 (0.85–0.94)

0.89 (0.83–0.95)

2-year follow-up cap

0.93 (0.88–0.98)

0.98 (0.92–1.06)

  1. CI confidence interval, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, HR hazard ratio, INR international normalized ratio, OLW overlap weighting, PS propensity score, SD standard deviation, sIPTW stabilized inverse probability weighting
  2. *p-value for interaction < 0.05 after adjustment for multiple comparisons using the Benjamini, Hochberg and Yekutieli method to control for false discovery rates