TABLE 3.

Clinical outcomes of the study patients

	Group 1 (N = 198)	Group 2 (N = 877)	p value
Incidence of late‐onset atrial fibrillation (%)	8 (6.5)	35 (5.6)	0.672
Incidence of HF hospitalization (%)	27 (13.6)	41 (4.7)	<.001
Incidence of sudden death or VTAs (%)	4 (2.1)	23 (2.6)	0.803
Incidence of cardiovascular mortality (%)	10 (5.7)	32 (4.1)	0.413
Incidence of all‐cause mortality (%)	32 (16.2)	124 (14.1)	0.503

Abbreviations: HF, heart failure; VTAs, ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

Note: Data are expressed as number (percentage).