Table 2.

Events of cardiovascular disease in peripheral blood stem cell donors compared with age-, sex- and residence-matched controls.

New cardiovascular disease after time of donation	PBSC donors			Matched population controls
	N = 1098	Number of events (%)	Events/1000 person-years	N = 5495	Number of events	Events/1000 person-years	Hazard ratio	95% Confidence Interval		P-value
Any cardiovascular disease	1038	150 (14.5)	18.1	5022	755 (15.0)	19.2	0.89	0.75	1.06	0.19
Any cardiovascular disease, except hypertension	1065	113 (10.6)	11.3	5137	528 (10.3)	11.0	0.97	0.79	1.19	0.78
Hypertension	1067	95 (8.9)	9.4	5298	534 (10.1)	10.8	0.83	0.66	1.03	0.08
Any heart rhythm disease	1085	44 (4.1)	4.2	5408	231 (4.3)	4.5	0.92	0.67	1.27	0.61
Atrial Fibrillation	1091	24 (2.2)	2.3	5448	153 (2.8)	2.9	0.76	0.50	1.17	0.21
Myocardial infarction and/or Ischaemic heart disease	1085	31 (2.9)	2.9	5430	132 (2.5)	2.6	1.07	0.72	1.58	0.74
Myocardial Infarction	1094	19 (1.7)	1.8	5432	90 (1.7)	1.7	0.98	0.59	1.60	0.92
Ischaemic Heart Disease	1085	29 (2.7)	2.8	5358	126 (2.4)	2.4	0.95	0.63	1.42	0.80
Deep venous thrombosis and/or Pulmonary embolism	1098	17 (1.6)	1.6	5436	102 (1.9)	1.9	0.80	0.48	1.34	0.80
Deep venous thrombosis	1098	10 (0.9)	0.9	5447	66 (1.2)	1.3	0.73	0.38	1.42	0.35
Pulmonary embolism	1098	7 (0.6)	0.7	5480	47 (0.9)	0.9	0.72	0.33	1.59	0.42
Cardiac failure	1097	14 (1.3)	1.3	5464	93 (1.7)	1.8	0.73	0.41	1.28	0.26
Cerebrovascular disease	1094	15 (1.4)	1.4	5435	121 (2.2)	2.3	0.59	0.35	1.01	0.06