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. 2022 May 31;191(9):1652–1665. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac098

Table 4.

Estimated 1-Year Risks, Risk Differences, and Risk Ratios From an Observational Emulation of a Target Trial of Thrombus Aspiration Versus No Thrombus Aspiration, Stratified by Subpopulation, SWEDEHEART Registry, 2007–2016

Thrombus Aspiration a No Thrombus Aspiration a RD a 95% CI RR 95% CI a
Subpopulation and Outcome Risk, % 95% CI Risk, % 95% CI
Sex
Death
 Female 13.2 10.8, 15.7 10.4 9.3, 11.6 2.8 −0.1, 5.6 1.27 1.06, 1.51
 Male 5.9 4.6, 7.2 6.1 5.5, 6.7 −0.2 −1.6, 1.2 0.96 0.81, 1.15
Myocardial infarction
 Female 4.4 2.3, 6.5 4.1 3.2, 4.9 0.3 −2.0, 2.6 1.08 0.75, 1.57
 Male 3.7 2.6, 4.8 4.1 3.5, 4.7 −0.4 −1.7, 0.9 0.91 0.72, 1.15
Age
Death
 ≥65 years 12.0 10.1, 13.9 10.9 10.0, 11.8 1.1 −0.9, 3.1 1.10 0.97, 1.25
 <65 years 2.7 1.4, 3.9 2.7 2.2, 3.3 −0.1 −1.4, 1.3 0.98 0.68, 1.41
Myocardial infarction
 ≥65 years 4.2 2.8, 5.5 4.5 3.8, 5.1 −0.3 −1.8, 1.2 0.93 0.73, 1.19
 <65 years 3.5 2.3, 4.8 3.5 2.9, 4.2 0.0 −1.4, 1.4 1.00 0.76, 1.31
Diabetes
Death
 No 7.5 6.2, 8.8 6.4 5.9, 7.0 1.0 −0.4, 2.5 1.16 1.01, 1.34
 Yes 9.9 6.2, 13.5 12.6 10.9, 14.4 −2.8 −6.5, 1.0 0.78 0.58, 1.05
Myocardial infarction
 No 3.8 2.8, 4.8 3.7 3.2, 4.2 0.1 −1.0, 1.3 1.03 0.84, 1.27
 Yes 3.9 1.1, 6.7 6.1 4.7, 7.4 −2.2 −5.3, 0.9 0.64 0.36, 1.12
Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Death
 No 8.0 6.7, 9.3 7.4 6.8, 8.0 0.6 −0.8, 2.0 1.08 0.95, 1.23
 Yes 9.6 5.6, 13.5 6.7 5.0, 8.4 2.9 −1.4, 7.2 1.43 0.98, 2.07
Myocardial infarction
 No 3.6 2.5, 4.6 3.6 3.2, 4.1 −0.1 −1.2, 1.1 0.98 0.78, 1.22
 Yes 6.8 3.3, 10.3 7.7 5.8, 9.6 −0.9 −4.9, 3.2 0.89 0.58, 1.35
Previous Myocardial Infarction
Death
 No 7.5 6.3, 8.7 6.8 6.2, 7.4 0.7 −0.7, 2.1 1.10 0.96, 1.27
 Yes 12.1 7.3, 16.8 11.0 9.3, 12.6 1.1 −3.9, 6.1 1.10 0.80, 1.52
Myocardial infarction
 No 3.8 2.7, 4.9 3.5 3.1, 4.0 0.3 −0.9, 1.4 1.08 0.87, 1.33
 Yes 4.8 1.9, 7.7 7.6 6.0, 9.1 −2.7 −6.0, 0.6 0.64 0.40, 1.02

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; RD, risk difference, RR, risk ratio; SWEDEHEART, Swedish Web-Based System for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-Based Care in Heart Disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies.

a Adjusted at baseline for: age, sex, hospital, diabetes, body mass index, smoking, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, previous infarction, previous percutaneous coronary intervention, previous coronary artery bypass graft, stenosis class, proportion stenosis, angiography finding, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, thrombolysis, and use of warfarin, aspirin, clopidogrel, prasugrel, heparin, low molecular weight heparin, bivalirudin, or glycoprotein 2b/3a inhibitors.