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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Mar 2;68(2):277–286. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.01.019

Table 3.

Kaplan-Meier Cumulative Probabilities by Aspirin Status, Their Differences, and Year of Follow-up

Cumulative Probability (95% CI)
Aspirin No Aspirin Difference (95% CI)
Primary CVD
 Year 1   3.6% (2.6% to 4.9%)   2.6% (1.6% to 3.7%)   1.0% (−0.5% to 2.5%)
 Year 2   5.9% (4.4% to 7.6%)   5.1% (3.7% to 6.5%)   0.8% (−1.1% to 2.8%)
 Year 3   8.7% (6.9% to 10.7%)   8.0% (6.2% to 9.9%)   0.6% (−1.8% to 3.4%)
 Year 4 11.9% (9.8% to 14.3%) 10.9% (8.7% to 13.2%)   1.0% (−1.9% to 4.2%)
 Year 5 15.5% (12.8% to 18.5%) 13.1% (10.5% to 15.9%)   2.3% (−1.3% to 6.2%)
 Year 6 18.1% (14.6% to 22.0%) 14.7% (11.7% to 17.8%)   3.4% (−1.3% to 8.0%)
 Year 7 20.9% (15.8% to 27.3%) 17.4% (12.2% to 23.8%)   3.5% (−5.5% to 12.5%)
All-cause mortality
 Year 1   1.3% (0.7% to 2.2%)   1.9% (1.0% to 2.8%) −0.5% (−1.7% to 0.6%)
 Year 2   3.3% (2.3% to 4.4%)   4.0% (2.8% to 5.2%) − 0.6% (−2.3% to 1.0%)
 Year 3   6.2% (4.8% to 7.9%)   6.3% (4.8% to 7.8%)   0.0% (−2.2% to 2.1%)
 Year 4   7.9% (6.1% to 9.7%) 10.1% (8.0% to 12.2%) −2.2% (−4.9% to 0.4%)
 Year 5 11.1% (8.7% to 13.5%) 12.7% (10.3% to 15.5%) −1.6% (−5.4% to 1.8%)
 Year 6 15.5% (12.2% to 19.2%) 15.8% (12.5% to 19.2%) −0.3% (−5.0% to 4.9%)
 Year 7 17.7% (13.5% to 22.6%) 22.9% (16.2% to 31.1%) −5.2% (−15.4% to 4.1%)
Kidney failure
 Year 1   0.8% (0.3% to 1.5%)   0.6% (0.2% to 1.2%)   0.2% (−0.5% to 0.9%)
 Year 2   1.7% (1.0% to 2.6%)   2.4% (1.4% to 3.4%) −0.7% (−2.0% to 0.7%)
 Year 3   3.9% (2.6% to 5.2%)   4.2% (2.9% to 5.6%) −0.3% (−2.3% to 1.5%)
 Year 4   5.2% (3.6% to 6.7%)   6.2% (4.5% to 8.1%) −1.0% (−3.6% to 1.3%)
 Year 5   7.6% (5.5% to 9.9%)   8.5% (6.3% to 10.8%) −0.9% (−3.9% to 2.0%)
 Year 6 11.5% (8.2% to 14.6%) 10.7% (7.6% to 14.1%)   0.8% (−3.8% to 5.3%)
 Year 7 13.2% (9.4% to 17.0%) 10.7% (7.6% to 14.1%)   2.6% (−2.6% to 7.6%)
Kidney failure/all-cause mortality
 Year 1   2.2% (1.3% to 3.2%)   2.9% (1.9% to 4.0%) −0.7% (−2.2% to 0.7%)
 Year 2   4.9% (3.6% to 6.3%)   6.1% (4.6% to 7.8%) −1.2% (−3.4% to 0.7%)
 Year 3   9.4% (7.6% to 11.3%) 10.0% (8.0% to 11.8%) −0.6% (−3.3% to 2.0%)
 Year 4 12.0% (9.8% to 14.2%) 15.2% (12.7% to 17.8%) −3.2% (−6.8% to 0.0%)
 Year 5 16.9% (14.1% to 19.6%) 18.9% (16.2% to 21.8%) −2.0% (−6.4% to 2.0%)
 Year 6 24.9% (20.4% to 29.1%) 22.4% (18.8% to 26.2%)   2.4% (−3.7% to 8.2%)
 Year 7 27.1% (21.8% to 32.4%) 24.7% (20.3% to 29.7%)   2.4% (−4.9% to 9.9%)
Primary CVD/all-cause mortality
 Year 1   4.5% (3.4% to 5.9%)   3.6% (2.5% to 4.8%)   0.9% (−0.7% to 2.6%)
 Year 2   7.9% (6.2% to 9.7%)   7.2% (5.6% to 8.8%)   0.7% (−1.6% to 3.0%)
 Year 3 12.2% (10.2% to 14.3%) 11.2% (9.2% to 13.2%)   1.0% (−1.8% to 3.9%)
 Year 4 16.0% (13.5% to 18.5%) 15.8% (13.3% to 18.3%)   0.2% (−3.1% to 3.5%)
 Year 5 20.0% (17.2% to 23.1%) 19.6% (16.6% to 22.7%)   0.4% (−3.7% to 4.5%)
 Year 6 23.5% (19.9% to 27.2%) 22.1% (18.6% to 25.5%)   1.4% (−3.7% to 6.7%)
 Year 7 26.6% (21.3% to 33.3%) 25.4% (19.6% to 31.8%)   1.3% (−8.0% to 10.9%)

Note: Analyses are based on the 1:1 propensity cohort with a 0.1 standard deviation caliper. The 95% CIs of the cumulative probabilities and the differences between aspirin users and non–aspirin users were derived using 500 bootstrap resampling.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease.