PEAR1 is not a major susceptibility gene for cardiovascular disease in a Flemish population

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Table 2 Fatal and Nonfatal Cardiovascular Events

Endpoint	Type	Number of events
Sudden death	Fatal	7
Myocardial infarction	Fatal	17
Myocardial infarction	Non-fatal	35
Coronary revascularisation	Non-fatal	78
Ischaemic cardiomyopathy	Non-fatal	22
Ischaemic stroke	Fatal	15
Ischaemic stroke	Non-fatal	38
Transient ischaemic attack	Non-fatal	14
Pulmonary embolism	Fatal	4
Pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis	Non-fatal	14
Aortic aneurysm or dissection	Fatal	7
Peripheral arterial diseases	Fatal	2
Peripheral arterial diseases	Non-fatal	13
Visceral arterial thrombosis	Fatal	1
Total number		181

Follow-up of the 1938 participants spanned a median of 15.3 years (5th to 95th percentile interval, 7.4–27.2 years). Participants could experience multiple non-fatal events, so that number do not add up. In the outcome analyses, only the first event within each category was considered

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