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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: In an intention-to-treat analysis, active treatment was associated with a 30 % reduction in the rate of fatal or nonfatal stroke (95 % confidence interval [CI], -1 to 51 ; P = 0. 06), a 39 % reduction in the rate of death from stroke (95 % CI, 1 to 62 ; P = 0. 05), a 21 % reduction in the rate of death from any cause (95 % CI, 4 to 35 ; P = 0. 02), a 23 % reduction in the rate of death from cardiovascular causes (95 % CI, -1 to 40 ; P = 0. 06), and a 64 % reduction in the rate of heart failure (95 % CI, 42 to 78 ; P < 0. 001).