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Table 2 Patients on warfarin treatment in a registered population of 75146. Treatment diagnosis, prevalence and incidence, presented as number of patients and percentage.

From: Anticoagulant treatment in primary health care in Sweden – prevalence, incidence and treatment diagnosis: a retrospective study on electronic patient records in a registered population

Treatment diagnosis

Number of patients (n)

Mean age

Percentage of women (%)

Percentage of the study group (%) (n = 507)

Prevalence (%)

Incidence (%)

Chronic atrial fibrillation

211

73.8

42.2 2

41.6

0.28

0.07

Cerebrovascular disease

96

74.5

47.9

18.9

0.13

0.02

Deep venous thrombosis

96

69.4

42.1

18.9

0.13

0.05

Prosthetic valve

89

70.1

42.7

17.6

0.12

0.01

Pulmonary embolism

65

72.4

53.9

12.8

0.09

0.01

Peripheral artery disease

14

80.8

50.0

2.8

0.02

0

Cardiac infarction

10

75.4

60.0

2.0

0.01

0.01

Other indications

31

71.6

45.2

6.1

0.04

0

Any diagnosis (all patients)

507 1

71.9

44.4

100 1

0.67

0.17

  1. 1 not a sum, as 105 patients had more than one treatment diagnosis 2 significantly more men (p = 0.02) 3 significantly more men (p = 0.01)