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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 26.
Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Oct;82(10):1185–1191. doi: 10.4065/82.10.1185

Table 4. Outcomes by Participation Status and Tissue Source Status*.

Heart failure Death


Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted




HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
Participants vs nonparticipants 0.89 (0.79-1.00) .06 0.92 (0.80-1.04) .19 0.93 (0.83-1.05) .23 0.92 (0.81-1.04) .20
Blood vs tissue 0.34 (0.29-0.41) <.01 0.49 (0.40-0.59) <.01 0.10 (0.08-0.14) <.01 0.16 (0.12-0.21) <.01
*

CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio.

Adjusted for age, sex, Charlson Index, ST-segment elevation, Killip class, and hypertension.