Table 1.
Results of analyses of SYNERGY. For all-cause mortality to tmax = 1 year and estimation of the hazard ratio exp(β) in (3.1): intent-to-treat analysis; naive analysis in which event times are artificially censored at times of discontinuation for any reason (censor, all); naive analysis in which event times are artificially censored at times of optional discontinuation (censor, optional); naive proportional hazards analysis with time-dependent treatment indicators as covariates (time-dependent); and inverse risk set weighted analyses using the indicated choice of w(u, Z) (inverse weighted). For the binary outcome TIMI bleeding at tmax = 30 days and estimation of the odds ratio exp(β) at the end of Section 5: intent-to treat analysis; naive analysis deleting all subjects discontinuing treatment for any reason (delete); and inverse weighted analysis. In each case, p-value corresponds to test of null hypothesis β = 0, and standard errors were obtained via the delta method
Method | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | p-value |
Hazard ratio, 1 year all-cause mortality | |||
Intent-to-treat | 1.06 | (0.92–1.22) | 0.44 |
Censor, all | 1.03 | (0.86–1.23) | 0.77 |
Censor, optional | 1.08 | (0.92–1.26) | 0.33 |
Time-dependent | 1.03 | (0.86–1.23) | 0.77 |
Inverse weighted | |||
w(u, Z) ≡ 1 | 1.08 | (0.92–1.26) | 0.36 |
w(u, Z) depends on Z | 1.07 | (0.91–1.25) | 0.42 |
Odds ratio, TIMI bleed at 30 days | |||
Intent-to-treat | 1.21 | (1.05–1.40) | 0.009 |
Delete | 1.06 | (0.88–1.27) | 0.56 |
Inverse weighted | 1.23 | (1.05–1.40) | 0.009 |