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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2021 Jul 26;78(3):591–603. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16667

Table 3:

Secondary and Safety Outcomes for ACE inhibitors vs ARBs (on-treatment, PS stratification)

Outcome HR (95% CI) P-value Calibrated
HR (95% CI)
Calibrated
P-value
Abdominal pain 1.00 (0.96-1.03) 0.87 1.01 (0.88-1.19) 0.87
Abnormal weight gain 0.82 (0.79-0.86) 0.00 0.84 (0.74-0.98) 0.04
Abnormal weight loss 1.18 (1.11-1.25) 0.00 1.18 (1.01-1.41) 0.04
Acute pancreatitis 1.32 (1.09-1.60) 0.00 1.32 (1.04-1.70) 0.02
Acute renal failure 1.13 (1.08-1.18) 0.00 1.14 (0.98-1.35) 0.10
Anaphylactoid reaction 1.31 (1.00-1.72) 0.05 1.31 (0.98-1.79) 0.07
Anemia 0.96 (0.92-0.99) 0.02 0.97 (0.84-1.14) 0.76
Angioedema 3.53 (2.99-4.16) 0.00 3.31 (2.55-4.51) 0.00
Anxiety 0.98 (0.95-1.00) 0.03 0.99 (0.86-1.16) 0.91
Bradycardia 0.96 (0.86-1.08) 0.52 0.98 (0.82-1.18) 0.84
Cardiac arrhythmia 0.96 (0.91-1.02) 0.22 0.98 (0.84-1.15) 0.82
Chest pain or angina 0.99 (0.97-1.01) 0.23 1.00 (0.87-1.17) 0.92
Chronic kidney disease 1.00 (0.93-1.08) 0.98 1.01 (0.87-1.20) 0.84
Cough 1.32 (1.23-1.42) 0.00 1.32 (1.11-1.59) 0.00
Decreased libido 0.96 (0.90-1.03) 0.29 0.98 (0.84-1.16) 0.83
Dementia 1.12 (1.06-1.18) 0.00 1.13 (0.97-1.34) 0.14
Depression 1.02 (0.99-1.05) 0.20 1.03 (0.90-1.21) 0.65
Diarrhea 1.06 (1.02-1.09) 0.00 1.07 (0.92-1.25) 0.40
End stage renal disease 0.87 (0.62-1.20) 0.39 0.88 (0.63-1.25) 0.50
Fall 1.03 (0.96-1.10) 0.46 1.04 (0.89-1.23) 0.64
Gastrointestinal bleed 1.18 (1.11-1.25) 0.00 1.18 (1.01-1.41) 0.04
Gout 1.00 (0.97-1.04) 0.83 1.02 (0.88-1.19) 0.81
Headache 0.97 (0.94-1.00) 0.04 0.98 (0.86-1.15) 0.87
Hepatic failure 1.02 (0.89-1.17) 0.74 1.03 (0.86-1.27) 0.71
Hospitalization with preinfarction syndrome 1.02 (0.90-1.15) 0.77 1.03 (0.86-1.25) 0.74
Hyperkalemia 1.17 (1.04-1.30) 0.01 1.17 (0.98-1.42) 0.09
Hypokalemia 0.95 (0.89-1.03) 0.21 0.97 (0.83-1.15) 0.74
Hypomagnesemia 0.96 (0.89-1.04) 0.36 0.98 (0.84-1.16) 0.83
Hyponatremia 1.12 (1.06-1.19) 0.00 1.13 (0.97-1.34) 0.13
Hypotension 1.13 (1.09-1.17) 0.00 1.14 (0.98-1.35) 0.10
Impotence 1.06 (1.01-1.12) 0.02 1.07 (0.92-1.27) 0.37
Malignant neoplasm 0.97 (0.89-1.05) 0.39 0.98 (0.84-1.16) 0.85
Measured renal dysfunction 0.87 (0.66-1.14) 0.31 0.88 (0.66-1.20) 0.44
Nausea 1.10 (1.06-1.13) 0.00 1.11 (0.95-1.30) 0.20
Neutropenia or agranulocytosis 0.96 (0.89-1.02) 0.18 0.97 (0.84-1.15) 0.76
Rash 0.96 (0.93-1.00) 0.04 0.98 (0.85-1.15) 0.82
Rhabdomyolysis 1.10 (0.91-1.34) 0.32 1.11 (0.88-1.43) 0.37
Syncope 1.02 (0.96-1.07) 0.56 1.03 (0.89-1.21) 0.71
Thrombocytopenia 1.01 (0.96-1.06) 0.69 1.02 (0.88-1.20) 0.76
Type 2 diabetes mellitus 1.04 (0.99-1.08) 0.12 1.05 (0.90-1.24) 0.54
Vasculitis 1.01 (0.85-1.20) 0.88 1.03 (0.83-1.29) 0.80
Venous thromboembolism 0.97 (0.90-1.04) 0.35 0.98 (0.84-1.16) 0.84
Vertigo 0.95(0.92-0.99) 0.01 0.97 (0.84-1.13) 0.73
Vomiting 1.15 (1.11-1.19) 0.00 1.15 (0.99-1.36) 0.07

Calibrated hazard ratios (HRs), confidence intervals (CIs) and p-values are calibrated empirically using the distributions of positive and negative control outcomes to minimize residual systematic error (see Methods for detailed description)