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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared with placebo, vitamin E had no effect on the incidence of major cardiovascular events (both active and placebo vitamin E groups, 10. 9 events per 1000 person-years ; hazard ratio [HR], 1. 01 [95 % confidence interval { CI }, 0. 90-1. 13] ; P =. 86), as well as total myocardial infarction (HR, 0. 90 [95 % CI, 0. 75-1. 07] ; P =. 22), total stroke (HR, 1. 07 [95 % CI, 0. 89-1. 29] ; P =. 45), and cardiovascular mortality (HR, 1. 07 [95 % CI, 0. 90-1. 28] ; P =. 43).