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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2017 Dec 25;131(6):676–683.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.12.010

Table Four –

Effect of digoxin on HF hospitalization, Death, Total hospitalizations and suspected digoxin toxicity by quartile of predicted risk of HF hospitalization in the DIG Main Study

Placebo Risk DigoxinRisk RR** 95% CI OR* 95% CI ARD 95% CI
HF Hosp Overall 0.35 0.27 0.69 0.62–0.76 0.08 0.06–0.10
Q1 0.20 0.17 0.84 0.66–1.08 0.03 −0.01–0.06
Q2 0.28 0.22 0.73 0.59–0.91 0.06 0.02–0.10
Q3 0.39 0.29 0.63 0.52–0.78 0.10 0.06–0.15
Q4 0.52 0.39 0.58 0.48–0.71 0.13 0.09–0.18
*p-value interaction = 0.11
Death Overall 0.35 0.35 0.99 0.89–1.09 0.00 −0.02 −0.03
Q1 0.17 0.18 1.05 0.82–1.35 −0.01 −0.04−(0.03)
Q2 0.28 0.27 0.95 0.77–1.18 0.01 −0.03–(0.05)
Q3 0.39 0.39 0.98 0.81–1.19 0.00 −0.04–(0.05)
Q4 0.56 0.55 0.97 0.80–1.17 0.01 −0.04–(0.06)
*p-value interaction = 0.94
Total Hosp/person-year Overall 0.68 0.64 0.94 0.91–0.96 0.04 0.02–0.07
Q1 0.42 0.50 1.18 1.09–1.27 −0.08 −0.11–(−0.04)
Q2 0.59 0.54 0.92 0.85–0.98 0.05 0.01–0.09
Q3 0.77 0.65 0.85 0.80–0.94 0.11 0.07–0.16
Q4 1.05 0.93 0.89 0.83–0.94 0.12 0.06–0.18
** p-value interaction <0.001
Suspected Dig Toxicity Overall 0.01 0.02 2.19 1.43–3.36 −0.01 −0.02–0.00
Q1 0.00 0.01 5.91 1.32–26.51 −0.01 −0.02–0.00
Q2 0.01 0.01 1.91 0.64–5.72 −0.01 −0.01–0.00
Q3 0.01 0.02 1.64 0.77–3.50 −0.01 −0.02–0.00
Q4 0.02 0.03 2.16 1.11–4.20 −0.02 −0.03–0.00
*p-value interaction = 0.43

HF heart failure; RR Risk ratio; OR odds ratio; ARD absolute risk difference; Q1 quartile 1; Q2 quartile 2; Q3 quartile 3; Q4 quartile 4. Hosp hospitalization; Dig digoxin. ARD is calculated as placebo-digoxin study group for all analyses