Table 5 Results of this analysis.

From: Long-term (2–5 years) adverse clinical outcomes associated with ZES versus SES, PES and EES: A Meta-Analysis

Outcomes analyzed

NNT

OIS

RR with 95% CI

P value

I2 (%)

All-cause mortality

151

24,785

1.02 [0.90–1.16]

0.78

43

Cardiac death

151

Infinity

1.07 [0.84–1.37]

0.56

30

Myocardial Infarction

50

2547

1.35 [1.17–1.56]

0.0001

1

Definite or probable ST

140

4554

1.91 [1.33–2.75]

0.0004

3

Probable ST

909

61,489

0.96 [0.49–1.90]

0.91

0

Definite ST

137

2383

2.84 [1.71–4.71]

0.0001

44

MACEs

111

25,149

1.07 [0.94–1.23]

0.31

52

TVR

233

47,528

0.98 [0.77–1.23]

0.84

65

TLR

435

162,522

0.94 [0.73–1.21]

0.62

57

  1. Abbreviations: NNT: number needed to treat, OIS: optimal information size, ST: stent thrombosis, RR: risk ratios, CI: confidence intervals, MACEs: major adverse cardiac events, TVR: target vessel revascularization, TLR: target lesion revascularization.
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