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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Healthy Longev. 2025 Sep 30;6(9):100764. doi: 10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100764

Table 2.

Legacy period (post-trial) rates of endpoint events and hazard ratios comparing randomized aspirin and placebo groups.

Endpoint Aspirin Placebo HR (95% CI) P value
No. (%) of pts with event Rate per 1000 py No. (%) of pts with event Rate per 1000 py

Primary endpoint* (N = 15,633) 1088 (14ˑ0) 34ˑ37 1083 (13ˑ8) 33ˑ68 1ˑ02 (0ˑ94, 1ˑ11) 0ˑ63
Death 448 (5ˑ8) 14ˑ94 460 (5ˑ8) 15ˑ07 -- --
Dementia 293 (3ˑ8) 9ˑ99 287 (3ˑ6) 9ˑ60 -- --
Disability 347 (4ˑ5) 11ˑ75 336 (4ˑ3) 11ˑ20 -- --

Secondary endpoints
Death (N = 16,357) 822 (10ˑ2) 23ˑ91 820 (9ˑ9) 23ˑ35 1ˑ02 (0ˑ93, 1ˑ13) 0ˑ62
Dementia (N = 15,783) 317 (4ˑ1) 9ˑ96 314 (3ˑ9) 9ˑ69 1ˑ03 (0ˑ88, 1ˑ20) 0ˑ73
Disability (N = 15,676) 411 (5ˑ3) 13ˑ11 409 (5ˑ2) 12ˑ89 1ˑ02 (0ˑ89, 1ˑ17) 0ˑ81
*

The first occurrence of any of the three components (death from any cause, dementia, or persistent physical disability). Participants not included if they experienced any of the three components during the RCT.

For the secondary endpoints, in addition to exclusions for non-consent and loss to follow-up, participants were excluded only if they experienced the specific event or death during the RCT.