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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2014 May 13;11(6):925–932. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.03.006

Table 3.

Adjusted outcomes by AAD use at baseline

Amiodarone vs. No AAD Other AAD vs. No AAD Amiodarone vs. Other AAD
HR (95% CI) P-Value HR (95% CI) P-Value HR (95% CI) P-Value
Efficacy outcomes
 All-cause death 0.98 (0.74, 1.31) 0.90 0.66 (0.37, 1.17) 0.15 1.49 (0.78, 2.84) 0.22
  Vascular death 0.89 (0.61, 1.31) 0.56 0.60 (0.27, 1.34) 0.21 1.48 (0.61, 3.61) 0.39
  Non-vascular death 1.14 (0.76, 1.71) 0.52 0.74 (0.32, 1.70) 0.48 1.54 (0.62, 3.81) 0.35
 Stroke or non-CNS embolism 1.17 (0.76, 1.81) 0.48 0.57 (0.26, 1.22) 0.15 2.06 (0.87, 4.90) 0.10
 Stroke, non-CNS embolism, MI, or vascular death 1.06 (0.80, 1.39) 0.69 0.79 (0.49, 1.26) 0.32 1.34 (0.78, 2.32) 0.29
 Stroke 1.03 (0.67, 1.57) 0.90 0.59 (0.26, 1.31) 0.20 1.75 (0.73, 4.21) 0.21
 Non-CNS embolism 2.34 (0.83, 6.59) 0.11 0.56 (0.08, 3.90) 0.55 4.21 (0.54, 32.5) 0.17
 MI 1.76 (1.11, 2.77) 0.02 1.35 (0.63, 2.92) 0.44 1.30 (0.53, 3.17) 0.56
 Cardiac failure 1.17 (0.95, 1.44) 0.14 0.86 (0.52, 1.43) 0.56 1.36 (0.79, 2.35) 0.27
 Hospitalization 1.13 (0.92, 1.39) 0.25 1.06 (0.79, 1.41) 0.70 1.06 (0.75, 1.49) 0.75
 ED visit 0.91 (0.78, 1.07) 0.26 1.21 (0.96, 1.51) 0.10 0.76 (0.58, 1.00) 0.99
Safety outcomes
 Major or NMCR bleeding 0.98 (0.81, 1.18) 0.81 0.83 (0.63, 1.09) 0.18 1.18 (0.85, 1.64) 0.32
 Major bleeding 0.90 (0.61, 1.31) 0.58 0.77 (0.45, 1.32) 0.34 1.17 (0.61, 2.23) 0.64
 NMCR bleeding 0.99 (0.80, 1.21) 0.90 0.80 (0.59, 1.09) 0.16 1.23 (0.86, 1.77) 0.25

AAD=antiarrhythmic drug; CI=confidence interval; CNS=central nervous system; ED=emergency department; HR=hazard ratio; MI=myocardial infarction; NMCR=non-major clinically relevant.