Table 1

Number of events per treatment group (incidence per 1000 patient years)

Conventional ACE
inhibitors
Calcium antagonists
Total mortality33.1  (369)34.4  (380)32.8  (362)
Cardiovascular mortality19.8 (221)20.5 (226)19.2 (212)
 Fatal myocardial infarction4.9 (55)4.3 (48)5.3 (59)
 Fatal stroke4.6 (51)4.5 (50)4.2 (46)
 Sudden death4.8 (53)5.3 (59)4.7 (52)
 Other cardiovascular mortality5.6 (62)6.2 (69)5.0 (55)
All myocardial infarction14.1 (154)12.8 (139)16.7 (179)
All stroke22.2 (237)20.2 (215)19.5 (207)
All major cardiovascular events44.1 (460)41.9 (437)43.6 (450)
Incidence of diabetes mellitus10.0 (97)9.6 (93)9.9 (95)
Incidence of atrial fibrillation16.4 (176)19.0 (200)17.1 (181)
Incidence of congestive heart failure16.4 (177)13.9 (149)17.5 (186)