Research Article
Uncertain Associations of Major Bleeding and Concurrent Use of Antiplatelet Agents and Chinese Medications: A Nested Case-Crossover Study
Table 1
The period prevalence and incidence of major bleeding among antiplatelet users.
| ā | Period prevalence | Incidence | Patient number | %a | Patient number | %a | Per 1000 person-yearsb |
| Ever encountered bleeding events | 1516 | 1.91% | 1209 | 1.52% | 14.0 | Gastrointestinal bleeding | 1068 | 1.34% | 865 | 1.09% | 10.0 | Urogenital bleeding | 158 | 0.20% | 121 | 0.15% | 1.4 | Intracranial bleeding | 145 | 0.18% | 113 | 0.14% | 1.3 | Nose and eye bleeding | 67 | 0.08% | 39 | 0.05% | 0.5 | Other bleedings | 85 | 0.11% | 75 | 0.09% | 0.9 |
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total number of patients included in the cohort was 79,463; bthe total number of person-years was 86,615.
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