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. 2012 Sep 25;471(1):17–25. doi: 10.1007/s11999-012-2608-9

Table 2.

Incidence of major complications and mortality with time

Complication 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Coefficient p value Average % change/year
Stroke 0.31
(0.13, 0.48)
0.44
(0.23, 0.65)
0.45
(0.24, 0.66)
0.29
(0.14, 0.44)
0.35
(0.18, 0.53)
0.16
(0.06, 0.27)
0.28
(0.15, 0.41)
0.28
(0.15, 0.41)
0.19
(0.08, 0.30)
0.23
(0.12, 0.34)
−0.072
(−0.129, 0.016)
0.012 −6.90
Pulmonary compromise 0.74
(0.47, 1.01)
1.18
(0.79, 1.57)
0.88
(0.59, 1.17)
0.99
(0.71, 1.27)
0.90
(0.63, 1.17)
0.92
(0.67, 1.16)
1.10
(0.84, 1.36)
0.89
(0.65, 1.13)
0.97
(0.72, 1.21)
0.91
(0.69, 1.14)
0.001
(−0.03, 0.033)
0.932 0.12
Sepsis 0.22
(0.07, 0.37)
0.20
(0.06, 0.35)
0.28
(0.11, 0.44)
0.15
(0.05, 0.26)
0.24
(0.1, 0.38)
0.23
(0.11, 0.35)
0.31
(0.17, 0.45)
0.27
(0.14, 0.40)
0.37
(0.22, 0.52)
0.12
(0.04, 0.2)
0.012
(−0.048, 0.072)
0.695 0.95
Shock/cardiopulmonary arrest 0.24
(0.08, 0.40)
0.22
(0.08, 0.37)
0.15
(0.03, 0.28)
0.12
(0.02, 0.22)
0.29
(0.14, 0.44)
0.17
(0.06, 0.27)
0.15
(0.05, 0.24)
0.18
(0.07, 0.29)
0.18
(0.08, 0.29)
0.22
(0.11, 0.33)
−0.006
(−0.079, 0.067)
0.872 −0.56
Acute myocardial infarction 0.65
(0.40, 0.91)
0.72
(0.45, 0.98)
0.36
(0.18, 0.55)
0.42
(0.24, 0.6)
0.53
(0.32, 0.74)
0.33
(0.19, 0.48)
0.62
(0.42, 0.82)
0.54
(0.36, 0.73)
0.42
(0.26, 0.58)
0.33
(0.19, 0.46)
−0.044
(−0.088, < 0.001)
0.049 −4.23
Cardiac (except myocardial infarction) 6.08
(5.33, 6.83)
6.30
(5.52, 7.09)
6.24
(5.49, 6.99)
6.31
(5.63, 7.00)
6.21
(5.51, 6.90)
6.60
(5.97, 7.23)
6.66
(6.03, 7.28)
6.82
(6.18, 7.46)
6.58
(5.96, 7.21)
6.17
(5.59, 6.74)
0.006
(−0.006, 0.018)
0.344 0.57
Pneumonia 1.03
(0.71, 1.35)
1.02
(0.7, 1.33)
0.81
(0.53, 1.09)
0.75
(0.51, 0.99)
0.99
(0.71, 1.28)
0.79
(0.57, 1.01)
1.13
(0.87, 1.39)
1.00
(0.75, 1.26)
1.10
(0.84, 1.35)
0.86
(0.64, 1.08)
0.007
(−0.025, 0.039)
0.657 0.71
Pulmonary embolism 0.57
(0.33, 0.80)
0.79
(0.51, 1.07)
0.78
(0.51, 1.06)
0.73
(0.49, 0.97)
0.82
(0.57, 1.08)
0.72
(0.51, 0.93)
1.14
(0.87, 1.40)
0.92
(0.68, 1.16)
0.67
(0.47, 0.88)
0.95
(0.71, 1.18)
0.032
(−0.002, 0.065)
0.064 3.21
Mortality 0.42
(0.22, 0.63)
0.43
(0.23, 0.63)
0.24
(0.09, 0.39)
0.26
(0.12, 0.41)
0.42
(0.23, 0.61)
0.27
(0.14, 0.39)
0.24
(0.12, 0.36)
0.19
(0.08, 0.31)
0.20
(0.08, 0.31)
0.16
(0.06, 0.25)
−0.100
(−0.157, 0.042)
0.001 −9.79

Values are expressed as incidence, with 95% CI in parentheses.