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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Heart J. 2005 Dec 8;27(2):178–186. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi687

Table 3.

Effects of digoxin on hospitalizations (AR =absolute risk, ARR =absolute risk reduction, CV =cardiovascular, HF=heart failure, HR =hazard ratio, CI =confidence interval, SDC =serum digoxin concentration)

Events / Total AR (%) ARR Crude HR (97.5% CI) P value Adjusted* HR (97.5% CI) P value
All-cause hospitalization Placebo 2594 / 3861 67.2 Reference 1 Reference 1 Reference
SDC 0.5-0.9 ng/ml 625 / 982 63.6 3.6 0.82 (0.75 – 0.89) <0.0001 0.85 (0.78 – 0.92) <0.0001
SDC ≥1.0 ng/ml 498 / 705 70.6 -3.4 1.05 (0.95 – 1.15) 0.333 0.95 (0.87 – 1.05) 0.331
Cardiovascular hospitalization Placebo 2059 / 3861 53.3 Reference 1 Reference 1 Reference
SDC 0.5-0.9 ng/ml 471 / 982 48.0 4.5 0.77 (0.70 – 0.86) <0.0001 0.79 (0.72 – 0.88) <0.0001
SDC ≥1.0 ng/ml 390 / 705 55.3 -2.0 1.01 (0.90 – 1.12) 0.891 0.91 (0.82 – 1.01) 0.086
Heart failure hospitalization Placebo 1279 / 3861 33.1 Reference 1 Reference 1 Reference
SDC 0.5-0.9 ng/ml 229 / 982 23.3 9.8 0.60 (0.52 – 0.69) <0.0001 0.62 (0.54 – 0.72) <0.0001
SDC ≥1.0 ng/ml 204 / 705 28.9 4.2 0.81 (0.70 – 0.94) 0.005 0.68 (0.59 – 0.79) <0.0001
*

Adjusted for the same covariates as in Table 2.