Table 4. Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals from women age 65+ years and continuously enrolled in Medicare randomized to either active hormone therapy or placebo in either the WHI Estrogen plus Progestin or Estrogen-Alone trials.
Hormone Therapy (N=4142) | Placebo (N=4223) | ||||
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Clinical Event | Data source | N(%) | N(%) | Hazard Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval |
Acute myocardial infarction | WHI Adjudicated | 150 (3.6) | 120 (2.8) | 1.31 | (1.03-1.67) |
Medicare Algorithm | 127 (3.1) | 101 (2.4) | 1.29 | (1.00-1.68) | |
Non-procedure related myocardial infarction | WHI Adjudicated | 130 (3.1) | 105 (2.5) | 1.28 | (0.99-1.66) |
Medicare Algorithm | 111 (2.7) | 82 (1.9) | 1.38 | (1.03-1.83) | |
Coronary revascularization | WHI-Adjudicated | 181 (4.4) | 171 (4.1) | 1.09 | (0.88-1.35) |
Medicare Algorithm | 195 (4.7) | 179 (4.2) | 1.10 | (0.89-1.35) |
Adapted from Hlatky et al.7