Table 4

Five-year cumulative risk and rate ratio of a hospitalized hemorrhage other than intracranial bleeding among 407 patients with cITP and 4069 members of the general population comparison cohort

Five-year risk in patients with cITP, % (95% CI)Five-year risk in the comparison cohort, % (95% CI)Crude 5-year RR (95% CI)Adjusted 5-year RR (95% CI)*
Total 3.6 (2.1-5.8) 1.1 (0.8-1.6) 3.8 (2.0-6.9) 4.4 (2.3-8.3) 
Age at cITP diagnosis, y     
    ≤ 60 3.4 (1.5-6.6) 0.3 (0.1-0.6) 14.4 (4.6-45.2) 13.8 (4.4-43.4) 
    > 60 3.9 (1.7-7.4) 2.3 (1.6-3.1) 2.3 (1.0-5.2) 2.6 (1.1-6.0) 
Sex     
    Female 3.3 (1.5-6.1) 0.9 (0.6-1.4) 4.3 (1.9-9.6) 6.0 (2.5-14.8) 
    Male 4.2 (1.7-8.4) 1.5 (1.0-2.4) 3.3 (1.3-8.2) 3.2 (1.3-8.2) 
Year of cITP diagnosis     
    1996-2001 2.4 (0.8-5.6) 0.8 (0.5-1.4) 3.0 (1.0-9.1) 3.5 (1.1-11.3) 
    2002-2007 4.4 (2.2-7.6) 1.4 (0.9-2.1) 4.2 (2.0-8.8) 4.9 (2.3-10.4) 
Comorbidity score     
    0 2.6 (1.1-5.2) 0.5 (0.3-0.9) 5.6 (2.1-15.2) 5.8 (2.1-16.0) 
    ≥ 1 5.2 (2.4-9.5) 2.2 (1.5-3.0) 3.2 (1.5-7.0) 3.7 (1.6-8.4) 
Five-year risk in patients with cITP, % (95% CI)Five-year risk in the comparison cohort, % (95% CI)Crude 5-year RR (95% CI)Adjusted 5-year RR (95% CI)*
Total 3.6 (2.1-5.8) 1.1 (0.8-1.6) 3.8 (2.0-6.9) 4.4 (2.3-8.3) 
Age at cITP diagnosis, y     
    ≤ 60 3.4 (1.5-6.6) 0.3 (0.1-0.6) 14.4 (4.6-45.2) 13.8 (4.4-43.4) 
    > 60 3.9 (1.7-7.4) 2.3 (1.6-3.1) 2.3 (1.0-5.2) 2.6 (1.1-6.0) 
Sex     
    Female 3.3 (1.5-6.1) 0.9 (0.6-1.4) 4.3 (1.9-9.6) 6.0 (2.5-14.8) 
    Male 4.2 (1.7-8.4) 1.5 (1.0-2.4) 3.3 (1.3-8.2) 3.2 (1.3-8.2) 
Year of cITP diagnosis     
    1996-2001 2.4 (0.8-5.6) 0.8 (0.5-1.4) 3.0 (1.0-9.1) 3.5 (1.1-11.3) 
    2002-2007 4.4 (2.2-7.6) 1.4 (0.9-2.1) 4.2 (2.0-8.8) 4.9 (2.3-10.4) 
Comorbidity score     
    0 2.6 (1.1-5.2) 0.5 (0.3-0.9) 5.6 (2.1-15.2) 5.8 (2.1-16.0) 
    ≥ 1 5.2 (2.4-9.5) 2.2 (1.5-3.0) 3.2 (1.5-7.0) 3.7 (1.6-8.4) 

cITP indicates chronic immune thrombocytopenia; CI, confidence interval; and RR, rate ratio.

*

Adjusted for age (≤ 60 years and > 60 years), sex, calendar year, and level of comorbidity.

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