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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2014 Apr 16;114(1):59–64. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.04.005

Table 2.

Incidence rates of All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease and Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Stratified by Presence or Absence of Ectopic Beats

No Ectopic Beats (n = 7305) Atrial Premature Complexes (n = 89 ) Ventricular Premature Complexes (n = 110)
Events Event rate* Events Event rate* Rate Ratio (CI 95%) Events Event rate* Rate Ratio (CI 95%)
All-Cause Mortality 2386 2.54 72 8.58 3.38 (2.67 – 4.27) 72 5.63 2.21 (1.88 – 2.62)
CVD Mortality 963 1.03 37 4.41 4.27 (3.08 – 5.94) 32 2.50 2.43 (1.9 – 3.09)
IHD Mortality 511 0.55 27 3.21 5.84 (3.97 – 8.61) 16 1.25 2.27 (1.66 – 3.12)
*

per 100 person years CVD, cardiovascular disease; IHD, ischemic heart disease