Apixaban 5 and 2.5 mg twice-daily versus warfarin for stroke prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients: Comparative effectiveness and safety evaluated using a propensity-score-matched approach

• Xiaoyan Li ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: shawn.li@bms.com

  Affiliation Worldwide Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-7118

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• Allison Keshishian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation STATinMED Research, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

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• Melissa Hamilton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Worldwide Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

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• Ruslan Horblyuk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Formerly of Pfizer, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Kiran Gupta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation US Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

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• Xuemei Luo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT, United States of America

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• Jack Mardekian,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY, United States of America

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• Keith Friend,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Worldwide Medical, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

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• Anagha Nadkarni,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation US Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States of America

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• Xianying Pan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Observational Research and Data Science, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Wallingford, CT, United States of America

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• Gregory Y. H. Lip ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Joint Senior Authors

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK, Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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• Steve Deitelzweig

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Joint Senior Authors

  Affiliation Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Department of Hospital Medicine, New Orleans, LA, and The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA, United States of America

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