Table 3.

Intention to treat analysis. Hazard ratios of effect of perioperative β blockade on secondary outcomes among patients with diabetes undergoing non-cardiac surgery

	Hazard ratio*(95% CI)	P value
Univariate analyses
All cause mortality	1.03 (0.74 to 1.42)	0.88
Cardiac events	1.02 (0.67 to 1.57)	0.91
Cardiac death	0.85 (0.45 to 1.60)	0.61
Non-fatal cardiac events	1.24 (0.70 to 2.17)	0.46
Non-cardiac death	1.10 (0.75 to 1.61)	0.63
Multivariate analyses
All cause mortality	1.01 (0.72 to 1.41)	0.79
Cardiac events	1.03 (0.69 to 1.54)	0.87
Cardiac death	0.84 (0.46 to 1.52)	0.56
Non-fatal cardiac events	1.23 (0.68 to 2.23)	0.44
Non-cardiac death	1.13 (0.75 to 1.70)	0.65

^*Adjusted in multivariate analysis for all variables used for stratification at randomisation and trial drug as mandatory covariates.