Table 2

Frequency of each cardiovascular event

Events	Frequency	Per cent
Acute coronary syndrome	3	0.27
Cardiac arrest	19	1.72
Congestive heart failure	106	9.58
Cardiovascular death	8	0.72
Deep vein thrombosis	83	7.5
Hospitalisation for hypertension	16	1.45
Myocardial infarction	117	10.58
Other cardiovascular event*	289	26.13
Peripheral arterial event	4	0.36
Peripheral arterial intervention	3	0.27
Pulmonary embolism	26	2.35
Coronary revascularisation	204	18.44
Stroke	136	12.3
Transient ischaemic attack	51	4.61
Unstable angina	16	1.45
Urgent peripheral arterial revascularisation	1	0.09
Ventricular arrhythmia	24	2.17
Total events	1106	100

*Other events included the following: complex or overlapping events (eg, acute coronary syndrome with coronary revascularisation), atrial fibrillation, other supraventricular arrhythmia, unspecified bradycardia, other unspecified conduction abnormality, new but stable angina, unspecified coronary artery disease, cardiac syncope or orthostatic hypotension, cardiomyopathy, other cardiac interventional procedure, abdominal aortic aneurysm, other peripheral arterial disease or cardiac event not otherwise specified.