Tiotropium (IR) n=4437 | Salmeterol (IR) n=4399 | RR (95%CI) | |||
All cardiac events | 2.65 | 2.57 | 1.03 (0.78, 1.36) | ||
- Cardiac arrhythmia | 0.54 | 0.63 | 0.85 (0.47, 1.53) | ||
- Myocardial infarction | 0.67 | 0.50 | 1.33 (0.74, 2.41) | ||
- Other ischaemic heart diseases | 0.74 | 0.63 | 1.18 (0.68, 2.02) | ||
Stroke | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.91 (0.45, 1.85) | ||
IR expressed in 100 pt-yrs. MedDRA v14.1. |