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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: During mean follow-up of 4. 4 1. 3 years, persistence of mean CP > 2440 mm ms in 211 patients (45. 6 %) was associated with significantly higher 4-year rates of cardiovascular death (8. 9 % vs 3. 4 %, p = 0. 003), myocardial infarction (7. 0 % vs 3. 3 %, p = 0. 010), stroke (8. 5 % vs 2. 1 %, p = 0. 002), the composite endpoint of these events (20. 0 % vs 7. 0 %, p < 0. 001) and all-cause mortality (14. 9 % vs 10. 0 %, p = 0. 015).