Table 4 Incidence rate ratios for hospitalisations and hospitalised days in AF-patients with vs. without anticoagulation

All-cause hospitalisation

1.38 (1.14–1.69)

0.001

1.57 (1.16–2.12)

0.003

VA complication/intervention

1.04 (0.62–1.75)

0.875

1.41 (0.67–2.97)

0.362

Infection/fever

1.50 (0.93–2.41)

0.093

1.64 (0.70–3.85)

0.258

PAD/amputation

0.98 (0.49–1.99)

0.965

1.79 (0.54–5.90)

0.340

Dyspnoea/COPD

1.74 (0.85–3.57)

0.128

1.02 (0.32–3.22)

0.973

Fall/fracture/trauma

1.85 (0.93–3.70)

0.081

2.38 (0.72–7.88)

0.155

Planned hospitalisation

1.14 (0.64–2.04)

0.658

2.08 (0.84–5.17)

0.113

Bleeding

1.96 (1.06–3.63)

0.031

1.20 (0.38–3.74)

0.753

Cardiac event

1.80 (0.80–4.04)

0.156

3.33 (0.80–13.9)

0.097

VA thrombosis

0.77 (0.29–2.02)

0.594

1.27 (0.28–5.80)

0.758

Arrhythmia

1.12 (0.60–2.13)

0.700

0.73 (0.26–2.08)

0.558

Oncological reasons

2.97 (1.03–8.56)

0.044

5.55 (0.91–33.9)

0.064

VA infection

1.52 (0.55–4.17)

0.418

2.99 (0.43–20.8)

0.268

Stroke/TIA

-

-

0.23 (0.03–1.81)

0.163

VTE

0.78 (0.01–109.1)

0.922

0.07 (0.00–40.3)

0.406

Other reasons

1.47 (1.05–2.07)

0.025

1.48 (0.82–2.65)

0.189