The number of participants with cardiovascular death events (death due to cardiovascular causes or deaths with insufficient information to rule out a cardiovascular cause) and cardiovascular hospitalisation events (hospitalisation for a cardiovascular event, excluding planned admissions not associated with a worsening of the disease/condition of the participant) was recorded.

All deaths identified during the original record study and discovered after the re-adjudication efforts began were included.

IR was based on original RECORD endpoint definitions. CV death= no unequivocal non-CV cause (sudden death, death from acute vascular events, heart failure, acute MI, other CV causes, and deaths adjudicated as unknown cause). MI event=hospitalization + elevation of specific cardiac biomarkers above the upper limit of normal + cardiac ischemia symptoms/new pathological electrocardiogram findings. Stroke event=hospitalization + rapidly developed clinical signs of focal/global disturbance of cerebral function for more than 24 hours, with no apparent cause other than a vascular origin.

Independent re-adjudication was based on the Standard Data Collection for Cardiovascular Trials Initiative (draft October 2011) endpoint definitions. CV death included death resulting from an acute MI; sudden cardiac death and death due to heart failure, stroke, and to other CV causes. Deaths of unknown cause were counted as CV deaths. MI was defined as evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with myocardial ischemia. Stroke was defined as an acute episode of neurological dysfunction caused by focal or global brain, spinal cord, or retinal vascular injury.

The number of participants with a CV death (or unknown) as determined by independent re-adjudication using the original RECORD endpoint definitions was recorded. CV death was defined as any death for which an unequivocal non-CV cause could not be established. CV death included death following heart failure, death following acute myocardial infarction (MI), sudden death, death due to acute vascular events, and other CV causes. Deaths due to unknown causes were classified as "unknown deaths," but were counted as CV deaths for the analysis of this endpoint.

The number of participants with a CV (or unknown) death as determined by independent re-adjudication using the Standard Data Collection for Cardiovascular Trials Initiative (draft October 2011) endpoint definitions was recorded. CV death included death resulting from an acute myocardial infarction (MI), sudden cardiac death, death due to heart failure, death due to stroke, and death due to other CV causes. Deaths of unknown cause were counted as CV deaths.

The number of participants with an MI (fatal or non-fatal) event as determined by independent re-adjudication using the original RECORD endpoint definitions was recorded. An event of MI was defined as hospitalization plus elevation of cardiac biomarkers troponin (TN) I and/or TNT above the upper limit of normal (ULN) or creatinine kinase (CK) MB (M=muscle type; B=brain type) isoenzyme \>= 2x the ULN or CK \> 2x the ULN plus typical symptoms of cardiac ischemia or new pathological electrocardiogram findings, or cause of death adjudicated as MI.

The number of participants with an MI (fatal or non-fatal) event as determined by independent re-adjudication using the Standard Data Collection for Cardiovascular Trials Initiative (draft October 2011) endpoint definitions was recorded. An event of MI was defined as evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with myocardial ischemia.

Par. with a stroke (fatal or non-fatal) event as determined by independent re-adjudication using the original RECORD endpoint definitions was recorded. A stroke event=hospitalization plus rapidly developed clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function lasting more than 24 hours (unless interrupted by thrombolysis, surgery, or death), with no apparent cause other than a vascular origin, including par. presenting clinical signs/symptoms suggestive of subarachnoid haemorrhage/intracerebral haemorrhage/cerebral ischemic necrosis or cause of death adjudicated as stroke.

The number of participants with a stroke (fatal or non-fatal) event as determined by independent re-adjudication using the Standard Data Collection for Cardiovascular Trials Initiative (draft October 2011) endpoint definitions was recorded. An event of stroke was defined as an acute episode of neurological dysfunction caused by focal or global brain, spinal cord, or retinal vascular injury.