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) | —* | —* | —* | |