Table 2 Mortality and relative risk of MI in the venous thromboembolism cohort compared with the control cohort, according to year of follow up.
From: Risk of myocardial infarction and overall mortality in survivors of venous thromboembolism
First year | After 1 year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths (n = 1216) | Mortality/1000 person-years (95% CI) | RR (95% CI)a | Deaths (n = 1872) | Mortality/1000 person-years (95% CI) | RR (95% CI)a | |
Control cohort | 716 | 16.0 (14.9–17.1) | 1 | 1550 | 13.9 (13.2–14.6) | 1 |
All VTE cases | 500 | 97.8 (89.6–106.8) | 3.8 (3.4–4.3) | 322 | 28.1 (25.2–31.3) | 1.6 (1.4–1.8) |
DVT | 344 | 113.4 (102.0–126.1) | 4.4 (3.9–5.1) | 186 | 27.7 (24.0–32.0) | 1.6 (1.4–1.9) |
PE | 156 | 75.1 (64.2–87.9) | 2.9 (2.5–3.5) | 136 | 28.7 (24.2–33.9) | 1.6 (1.3–1.9) |