Table 3. Cumulative incidence rates of venous thromboembolism and cerebrovascular events in the 244 patients with incident GCA in the period from 1950–2009 compared to the 240 subjects without GCA.
| No. of events prior to incidence or index date | No. of events after incidence or index date | Cumulative incidence ± SE (%) at 10 years* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | GCA | Non-GCA | GCA | Non-GCA | GCA | Non-GCA | p-value** |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 7 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4.8 ± 1.4 | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 0.08 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3.5 ± 1.2 | 2.7 ± 1.1 | 0.34 |
| Venous thromboembolism | 10 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6.3 ± 1.6 | 3.7 ± 1.3 | 0.22 |
| Stroke (combined) | 11 | 13 | 28 | 28 | 8.5 ± 1.9 | 9.2 ± 2.0 | 0.94 |
| Ischemic stroke | 10 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 7.1 ± 1.7 | 6.4 ± 1.7 | 0.67 |
| Hemorrhagic stroke | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1.3 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 1.1 | 0.25 |
| Transient ischemic attack | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2.3 ± 1.0 | 1.7 ± 0.8 | 0.97 |
| Amaurosis fugax | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2.1 ± 0.9 | 0 | 0.014 |
| Any cerebrovascular eventǂ | 18 | 18 | 30 | 27 | 9.6 ± 2.0 | 8.5 ± 1.9 | 0.58 |
ǂ Stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic), transient ischemic attack or amaurosis fugax
*Cumulative incidence is adjusted for the competing risk of death.
**Calculated using methods by Gray