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. 2021 Jul 29;23(10):1662–1672. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2308

Table 2.

Effect of randomized treatment on outcomes according to body mass index category

Outcome Under/normal‐weight (n = 1348) Overweight (n = 1722) Obesity class I (n = 1013) Obesity class II/III (n = 659) P‐value for interaction
Placebo (n = 676) Dapagliflozin (n = 672) Placebo (n = 857) Dapagliflozin (n = 865) Placebo (n = 501) Dapagliflozin (n = 512) Placebo (n = 337) Dapagliflozin (n = 322)
CV death or HF hospitalization/urgent HF visit
No (%) 151 (22.3) 118 (17.6) 169 (19.7) 141 (16.3) 96 (19.2) 68 (13.3) 86 (25.5) 59 (18.3)
Rate (95% CI) 17.4 (14.8–20.4) 13.0 (10.9–15.6) 14.5 (12.5–16.9) 11.7 (9.9–13.8) 13.8 (11.3–16.8) 9.3 (7.4–11.8) 19.2 (15.5–23.7) 13.4 (10.4–17.3)
Hazard ratio a (95% CI) 0.74 (0.58–0.94) 0.81 (0.65–1.02) 0.68 (0.50–0.92) 0.71 (0.51–1.00) 0.79
CV death
No (%) 88 (13.0) 76 (11.3) 93 (10.9) 88 (10.2) 52 (10.4) 37 (7.2) 40 (11.9) 26 (8.1)
Rate (95% CI) 9.4 (7.7–11.6) 8.1 (6.5–10.1) 7.5 (6.1–9.2) 7.0 (5.6–8.6) 7.0 (5.4–9.2) 4.9 (3.5–6.7) 8.2 (6.0–11.1) 5.5 (3.7–8.0)
Hazard ratio a (95% CI) 0.85 (0.63–1.16) 0.94 (0.70–1.25) 0.70 (0.46–1.07) 0.67 (0.41–1.10) 0.58
HF hospitalization/urgent HF visit
No (%) 95 (14.1) 61 (9.1) 106 (12.4) 87 (10.1) 65 (13.0) 48 (9.4) 60 (17.8) 41 (12.7)
Rate (95% CI) 10.9 (8.9–13.4) 6.7 (5.2–8.7) 9.1 (7.5–11.0) 7.2 (5.8–8.9) 9.3 (7.3–11.9) 6.6 (5.0–8.7) 13.4 (10.4–17.2) 9.3 (6.8–12.6)
Hazard ratioa (95% CI) 0.60 (0.44–0.83) 0.80 (0.60–1.06) 0.71 (0.49–1.03) 0.72 (0.48–1.07) 0.67
All‐cause death
No (%) 109 (16.1) 89 (13.2) 109 (12.7) 103 (11.9) 62 (12.4) 48 (9.4) 49 (14.5) 36 (11.2)
Rate (95% CI) 11.7 (9.7–14.1) 9.5 (7.7–11.7) 8.8 (7.3–10.6) 8.1 (6.7–9.9) 8.4 (6.5–10.8) 6.3 (4.8–8.4) 10.0 (7.6–13.2) 7.6 (5.5–10.5)
Hazard ratioa (95% CI) 0.81 (0.61–1.07) 0.93 (0.71–1.21) 0.76 (0.52–1.10) 0.76 (0.49–1.17) 0.77
Total hospitalizations for HF and CV death (recurrent events)
No. events 217 155 253 220 141 108 131 84
Rate (95% CI) 23.4 (20.5–26.8) 16.6 (14.2–19.4) 20.5 (18.1–23.2) 17.4 (15.3–19.9) 19.1 (16.2–22.5) 14.3 (11.9–17.3) 26.8 (22.6–31.8) 17.8 (14.3–22.0)
Rate ratio a , b (95% CI) 0.70 (0.54–0.91) 0.86 (0.67–1.11) 0.75 (0.53–1.06) 0.67 (0.46–0.98) 0.63
Change in KCCQ‐TSS at 8 months
Change in KCCQ at 8 months (mean ± SD) 2.5 ± 18.5 4.7 ± 16.9 3.3 ± 18.9 5.5 ± 18.7 2.9 ± 18.6 6.5 ± 18.9 5.3 ± 22.3 9.8 ± 20.7 0.40
Proportion improved (≥5 points) at 8 months (%) 50.6 (46.5–54.6) 58.0 (54.0–62.1) 52.2 (48.6–55.8) 59.0 (55.6–62.4) 51.1 (46.7–55.6) 57.6 (53.2, 61.9) 48.2 (42.7–53.7) 57.9 (51.9–63.8)
Odds ratio for improvement at 8 months (95% CI) 1.16 (1.03–1.30) 1.14 (1.03–1.26) 1.12 (0.98–1.27) 1.22 (1.03–1.44) 0.81
Proportion deteriorated (≥5 points) at 8 months (%) 33.8 (29.8–37.7) 26.9 (23.3–30.5) 31.0 (27.7–34.3) 25.4 (22.2–28.6) 33.2 (28.9–37.4) 24.4 (20.6–28.2) 35.5 (30.1–40.9) 23.5 (18.7–28.4)
Odds ratio for deterioration at 8 months (95% CI) 0.85 (0.75–0.97) 0.88 (0.78–0.98) 0.82 (0.71–0.94) 0.75 (0.63–0.89) 0.21

CI, confidence interval; CV, cardiovascular; HF, heart failure; KCCQ‐TSS, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire total symptom score; SD, standard deviation.

a

Adjusted for history of HF hospitalization (apart from all‐cause death) and stratified by diabetes status.

b

The total number of hospitalizations for HF and CV deaths was analysed by means of the semiparametric proportional‐rates model, in which the treatment effect is reported as a rate ratio.