Frequency of prescriptions, contra-indications and declines for anticoagulant therapy and antiplatelet therapy by CHADS2 score
| CHADS2 score | Number with CHADS2 score (% of all AF patients) | Oral anticoagulant | Oral antiplatelet | Anticoagulant or antiplatelet (%) | Anticoagulant and antiplatelet (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescribed, (%) | Contraindicated, (%) | Declined, (%) | Prescribed, (%) | Contraindicated, (%) | Declined, (%) | ||||
| 0 | 37771 (16.29) | 12857 (34.04) | 3206 (8.49) | 497 (1.32) | 13238 (35.05) | 3641 (9.64) | 233 (0.62) | 24325 (64.40) | 1770 (4.69) |
| 1 | 61963 (26.73) | 29144 (47.03) | 4777 (7.71) | 1059 (1.71) | 27109 (43.75) | 7189 (11.60) | 307 (0.50) | 52371 (84.52) | 3882 (6.27) |
| 2 | 67494 (29.11) | 35431 (52.50) | 5711 (8.46) | 1582 (2.34) | 29537 (43.76) | 9664 (14.32) | 283 (0.42) | 60318 (89.37) | 4650 (6.89) |
| 3 | 34927 (15.07) | 20105 (57.56) | 3202 (9.17) | 710 (2.03) | 15016 (42.99) | 6340 (18.15) | 138 (0.40) | 32123 (91.97) | 2998 (8.58) |
| 4 | 21481 (9.27) | 12076 (56.22) | 2294 (10.68) | 433 (2.02) | 9830 (45.76) | 3931 (18.30) | 78 (0.36) | 19950 (92.87) | 1956 (9.11) |
| 5 | 7084 (3.06) | 3952 (55.79) | 798 (11.26) | 116 (1.64) | 3381 (47.73) | 1392 (19.65) | 13 (0.18) | 6642 (93.76) | 691 (9.75) |
| 6 | 1113 (0.48) | 647 (58.13) | 123 (11.05) | 18 (1.62) | 517 (46.45) | 260 (23.36) | 3 (0.27) | 1046 (93.98) | 118 (10.60) |
AF, atrial fibrillation.