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Given its recent approval, the comparative effectiveness and safety of edoxaban in this population, relative to the commonly used apixaban, remain unknown.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Using the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink, we identified a cohort of patients aged \u226580 with incident nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and newly treated with edoxaban or apixaban between 2015 and 2021. Cohort entry was defined as the first prescription for one of the 2 drugs. We used propensity score fine stratification and weighting for confounding adjustment. A weighted Cox proportional hazards model was used to estimate the hazard ratios (HR) with 95% CI of ischemic stroke\/transient ischemic attack\/systemic embolism (primary effectiveness outcome) and of major bleeding (primary safety outcome) associated with edoxaban compared with apixaban. We also assessed the risk of all-cause mortality and a composite outcome of ischemic stroke\/transient ischemic attack, systemic embolism, gastrointestinal bleeding, and intracranial hemorrhage as secondary outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The cohort included 7251 new-users of edoxaban and 39\u2009991 of apixaban. Edoxaban and apixaban had similar incidence rates of thromboembolism (adjusted rates, 20.38 versus 19.22 per 1000 person-years; adjusted HR, 1.06 [95% CI, 0.89\u20131.26]), although the rates of major bleeding were higher with edoxaban (adjusted rates, 45.57 versus 31.21 per 1000 person-years; adjusted HR, 1.42 [95% CI, 1.26\u20131.61]). The risk of the composite outcome was 21% higher with edoxaban (adjusted HR, 1.21 [95% CI, 1.07\u20131.38]). All-cause mortality was similar between edoxaban and apixaban (adjusted HR, 1.04 [95% CI, 0.96\u20131.12]).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In very elderly patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, edoxaban resulted in similar thromboembolism prevention as apixaban, although it was associated with a higher risk of major bleeding. 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