Table 2.

Summary of major findings from two meta-analyses of randomized exercise therapy and cardiac rehabilitation trials

	Oldridge	O'Connor
	et al [22]	et al [23]
All-cause mortality	0.76 (0.63–0.92)*	0.80 (0.66–0.96)‡
Cardiovascular mortality	0.75 (0.62–0.93)†	0.78 (0.63–0.96)‡
Sudden death	Not reported	0.92 (0.69–1.23)
Nonfatal myocardial infarction	1.15 (0.93–1.42)	1.09 (0.88–1.34)

Data presented as odds ratio (95% confidence intervals). Values below 1.00 favor cardiac rehabilitation intervention. ^*P = 0.004, ^†P = 0.006; ^‡ significantly lower than comparison group, no P values reported.