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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the cohort of patients with MTBI and on OAT undergoing CT in the ED.

From: “Decision tree analysis for assessing the risk of post-traumatic haemorrhage after mild traumatic brain injury in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy”

Patients, n (%)

3054 (100)

Age in years, median (IQR)

83 (77-88)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

1414 (46.3)

 Female

1640 (53.7)

Oral anticoagulant therapy, n (%)

 DOACs

1212 (39.7)

 VKA

1842 (60.3)

Reason for Oral anticoagulant therapy intake, n (%)

 Atrial fibrillation

2673 (87.5)

 Pulmonary embolism

196 (6.4)

 Heart valves

70 (2.3)

 Others

115 (3.8)

Mechanism of trauma, n (%)

 Accidental falls

2450 (80.2)

 Road incident

155 (5.1)

 Syncope or epilepsy

198 (13.0)

 Direct trauma

51 (1.7)

Outcome, n (%)

 Global ICH

290 (9.5)

 Immediate ICH

253 (8.3)

 Delayed ICH

37 (1.2)

 Neurosurgery or death at 30 days for ICH

43 (1.4)