Ischemic Stroke
strokes, ischemic stroke
EVENTS, STROKES, EVENT, ISCHEMIC STROKE
There were 312 participants with a first ischemic stroke (78.4% of all strokes), of which 24 strokes were fatal (10 individuals with placebo and 14 individuals with aspirin). Among participants receiving aspirin, 146 individuals (1.5%) sustained an ischemic stroke, compared with 166 individuals (1.7%) assigned to placebo. The corresponding event rate was 3.9 events per 1000 person-years with placebo and 3.4 events per 1000 person-years with aspirin, for a nonsignificant decrease of 0.5 events per 1000 person-years. Overall, aspirin did not result in a statistically significant reduction in the risk of ischemic stroke (HR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.71-1.11).In subgroup analysis (eFigure in The 