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Heart 95:405-409 doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.153189
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Pacing in elderly recurrent fallers with carotid sinus hypersensitivity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled crossover trial

Table 3 Number of days at risk and number of falls for each subject by period
No of falls No of days
Running in period Pacemaker turned off* Pacemaker turned on‡ Total Off–on Pacemaker turned off* Pacemaker turned on†
0 0 0 0 0 182 196
0 0 0 0 0 81 377
0 0 0 0 0 189 175
0 0 0 0 0 182 189
0 0 0 0 0 182 186
0 0 0 0 0 203 196
0 0 0 0 0 182 210
0 0 1 1 −1 182 185
0 0 1 1 −1 186 196
0 1 0 1 1 189 189
0 0 2 2 −2 144 230
0 1 1 2 0 182 186
0 2 0 2 2 188 169
0 1 1 2 0 190 168
0 0 2 2 −2 170 183
0 1 2 3 −1 203 182
0 2 1 3 1 182 185
0 2 3 5 −1 174 189
2 3 1 6 2 182 190
2 1 4 7 −3 182 182
3 9 3 15 6 200 199
2 6 10 18 −4 168 193
3 5 14 22 −9 161 176
2 24 7 33 17 182 167
2 43 34 79 9 168 182
Means:
0.64 4.04 3.48 8.16 0.56‡ 177.4 195.2
  • *Off, ODO mode.

  • †On, DDDR mode.

  • ‡Relative risk of falling with pacemaker turned on compared with off: 0.82 (95% CI 0.62 to 1.10).

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