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. 2015 Jul 14;351:h3529. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h3529

Table 3.

 Primary and sensitivity analyses of ICD effectiveness. Figures are hazard ratios (95% CI) adjusted for high dimension propensity score (hdPS)

*Complete case analyses not conducted in secondary cohort because of smaller size of cohort.

Primary cohort Secondary cohort
ICD/no ICD Death Sudden cardiac death ICD/no ICD Death Sudden cardiac death
Primary analyses 5258/17 853 0.91 (0.82 to 1.00) 0.95 (0.78 to 1.17) 412/17 853 1.01 (0.79 to 1.29) 1.20 (0.71 to 2.00)
hdPS matched analyses 2254/2254 0.92 (0.77 to 1.09) 1.03 (0.78 to 1.35) 291/291 0.99 (0.72 to 1.37) 1.50 (0.94 to 2.38)
Complete case analyses 1801/3261 0.87 (0.72 to 1.05) 1.15 (0.79 to 1.66) —* * *