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 prevalenceIncidence
Patient number%aPatient number%aPer 1000 person-yearsb

Ever encountered bleeding events15161.91%12091.52%14.0
Gastrointestinal bleeding10681.34%8651.09%10.0
Urogenital bleeding1580.20%1210.15%1.4
Intracranial bleeding1450.18%1130.14%1.3
Nose and eye bleeding670.08%390.05%0.5
Other bleedings850.11%750.09%0.9

total number of patients included in the cohort was 79,463; bthe total number of person-years was 86,615.