Table 5.

Cause of death by treatment assignment

	Number of deaths		Hazard ratio (95%CI)
	Aspirin	Clopidogrel + aspirin +
All participants
All deaths	78	113	1.5 (1.1, 2.0)
Vascular*	25	45	1.9 (1.1, 3.0)
Non-vascular	31	39
Uncertain cause	22	29
Ischemic heart disease ± stage I/ II hypertension at entry
All deaths	11	30	2.9 (1.4, 5.8)
Vascular*	4	14	3.8 (1.2, 12)
Non-vascular	4	9
Uncertain cause	3	7
Normotensive/pre-hypertensive and no ischemic heart disease at entry
All deaths	8	28	3.3 (1.5, 7.3)
Vascular*	0	11	>60 (0.51,> 1000)
Non-vascular	6	9
Uncertain cause	2	8
Stage I/II hypertension and no ischemic heart disease at entry
All deaths	59	55	0.98 (0.68, 1.4)
Vascular*	21	20	1.0 (0.54, 1.8)
Non-vascular	21	21
Uncertain cause	17	14

^*Includes definite and probable vascular deaths (defined in supplementary appendix)