Table 3.
Number (%) of cardiovascular events and deaths.
| Total (n = 547) |
Low (n = 183) |
Medium (n = 182) |
High (n = 182) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median follow-up, years | 3.1 (1.4, 5.2) | 3.6 (2.0, 6.0) | 2.6 (1.3, 4.9) | 2.7 (1.2, 4.2) | - |
| Mortality | |||||
| All-cause | 80 (14.7) | 14 (7.7) | 22 (12.1) | 44 (24.3) | <0.001 |
| Cardiovascular | 32 (5.9) | 4 (2.2) | 10 (5.5) | 18 (9.9) | 0.007 |
| Cardiovascular events | |||||
| MI | 46 (8.4) | 7 (3.8) | 17 (9.3) | 22 (12.1) | 0.015 |
| CVA | 16 (2.9) | 6 (3.3) | 7 (3.8) | 3 (1.6) | 0.434 |
| TIA | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.1) | 0.134 |
| PAD | 30 (5.7) | 7 (3.8) | 9 (4.9) | 15 (8.2) | 0.166 |
| Combined | 84 (15.5) | 18 (9.8) | 30 (16.5) | 36 (19.8) | 0.027 |
Median follow-up after transplantation (interquartile range); cardiovascular events and deaths presented as numbers (%), p-value by chi-square test MI = myocardial infarction; CVA = cerebrovascular accident; TIA = transient ischemic attack; PAD = new onset peripheral artery disease, Fontaine III or IV; p-values in bold indicate statistical significance.