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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep. 2013 Mar 22;7(3):196–202. doi: 10.1007/s12170-013-0305-1

Table 1.

Cumulative annualized incidence rates for clinical outcomes in the WHI CEE-alone trial by 10 year age stratification at enrollment.a

No. (%) of Eventsevents
Event by Age age Groupgroup, y CEE Placebo HR (95% CI) P Value value for Interactioninteraction
 CHD
  50–59 33 (0.18) 56 (0.31) 0.59 (0.38–0.90)
  60–69 161 (0.65) 168 (.065) 1.00 (0.80–1.24) .05
  70–79 125 (1.01) 121 (0.95) 1.06 (0.82–1.36)
 Total MI
  50–59 27 (0.15) 50 (0.27) 0.54 (0.34–0.86)
  60–69 126 (0.51) 124 (0.48) 1.05 (0.82–1.35) .007
  70–79 101 (0.82) 84 (0.66) 1.23 (0.92–1.65)
 Stroke
  50–59 29 (0.16) 28 (0.15) 1.09 (0.65–1.83)
  60–69 114 (0.46) 94 (0.36) 1.27 (0.97–1.67) .91
  70–79 92 (0.74) 84 (0.66) 1.13 (0.84–1.53)
 Death (all causes)
  50–59 65 (0.35) 89 (0.48) 0.73 (0.53–1.00)
  60–69 254 (1.00) 253 (0.96) 1.04 (0.88–1.24) .04
  70–79 258 (2.02) 239 (1.83) 1.12 (0.94–1.33)
a

Modified from Figure Fig. 5 of reference [10•]. The rates were estimated for the overall follow-up period (intervention mean 7.1, follow-up median 5.9 years). P values are for interaction by age.

Abbreviations: CEE, conjugated equine estrogen; CHD, coronary heart disease; WHI, Women’s Health Initiative.