Table 3.

Events of cardiovascular disease in peripheral blood stem cell donors compared with bone marrow donors.

New cardiovascular disease after time of donation	PBSC donors			BM donors
	N = 1098	Number of events (%)	Events/1000 person-years	N = 854	Number of events (%)	Events/1000 person-years	Hazard ratio	95% Confidence Interval		P-value
Any cardiovascular disease	1038	150 (14.5)	15.7	841	153 (18.2)	10.0	0.90	0.63	1.27	0.90
Any cardiovascular disease, except hypertension	1065	113 (10.6)	11.3	844	114 (13.5)	7.3	0.94	0.62	1.40	0.75
Hypertension	1067	95 (8.9)	9.4	848	85 (10.0)	5.3	0.82	0.51	1.30	0.39
Any heart rhythm disease	1085	44 (4.1)	4.2	852	53 (6.2)	3.3	0.87	0.47	1.64	0.67
Atrial Fibrillation	1091	24 (2.2)	2.3	854	28 (3.3)	1.7	0.89	0.44	1.79	0.73
Myocardial infarction and/or Ischaemic heart disease	1085	31 (2.9)	2.9	850	28 (3.3)	1.7	1.12	0.49	2.58	0.79
Myocardial Infarction	1094	19 (1.7)	1.8	853	14 (1.6)	0.9	1.00	0.37	3.21	0.88
Ischaemic Heart Disease	1085	29 (2.7)	2.8	850	25 (2.9)	1.5	1.37	0.55	3.47	1.37
Deep venous thrombosis and/or Pulmonary embolism	1098	17 (1.6)	1.6	854	17 (2.0)	1.0	0.85	0.31	2.36	0.76
Deep venous thrombosis	1098	10 (0.9)	0.9	853	13 (1.5)	0.8	0.60	0.18	1.96	0.40
Pulmonary embolism	1098	7 (0.6)	0.7	854	8 (0.9)	0.5	1.71	0.30	9.68	0.55
Cardiac failure	1097	14 (1.3)	1.3	854	15 (1.8)	0.9	3.12	0.71	13.78	0.13
Cerebrovascular disease	1094	15 (1.4)	1.4	853	19 (2.2)	1.2	0.69	0.24	2.05	0.51