Placebo administered

Guideline mandated therapy for individual's condition

CV death is defined as a death due to a CV cause, which includes but is not limited to deaths resulting from stroke, arrhythmia, sudden death (witnessed/unwitnessed), MI, heart failure, pulmonary embolism, peripheral arterial disease, or complications of a CV procedure. Deaths not clearly attributable to non-CV causes are considered to be CV deaths.

Acute MI is defined as evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with myocardial ischemia. Prior MI diagnosed post-randomization (e.g., silent MI)=the development of new pathological Q waves with/without symptoms OR imaging evidence of a region of loss of viable myocardium that is thinned and fails to contract, in the absence of a non-ischemic cause (pre-event imaging data required for verification of new abnormality), OR pathological findings of a healed/healing MI.

Stroke is defined as the presence of a new focal neurologic deficit thought to be of vascular origin, with signs/symptoms lasting >24 hours or results in death (in <24 hours).

CHD death is defined as the occurrence of a fatal MI, death caused by documented cardiac arrest, death resulting from heart failure in a participant with known CHD, death from other forms of acute/chronic CHD, unwitnessed death of unknown origin, or sudden death.

Urgent coronary revascularization for myocardial ischemia is defined as ischemic discomfort at rest that prompts coronary revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass graft [CABG]) during the same hospitalization or resulting in hospital transfer for the purpose of coronary revascularization. PCI is defined as any attempt at revascularization even if not successful (e.g., angioplasty, atherectomy or stenting).

CHD death, acute MI, and prior MI diagnosed post-randomization are defined in the primary endpoint (major coronary events). Hospitalization for unstable angina=one of the following, but not fulfilling the criteria for MI: ischemic discomfort at rest associated with electrocardiogram (ECG) changes leading to hospitalization; ischemic discomfort at rest regardless of ECG changes leading to hospitalization and revascularization during the same admission; ischemic discomfort at rest in hospital associated with ECG changes; ischemic discomfort at rest in hospital without ECG changes resulting in revascularization during the same admission. NOTE: The event was not considered to be unstable angina if, after invasive/non-invasive testing or other diagnostic testing, the discomfort was found not to be caused by myocardial ischemia. Coronary revascularization procedures exclude PCI planned prior to randomization but performed after randomization.

All coronary revascularization procedures (except for PCI planned prior to randomization but performed after randomization) are included. Examples include coronary artery bypass graft, balloon angioplasty and stenting. The number of participants, with first occurrence of any coronary revascularization procedures, were reported.

Acute MI is defined as evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with myocardial ischemia. Prior MI diagnosed post-randomization (e.g., silent MI)=the development of new pathological Q waves with/without symptoms OR imaging evidence of a region of loss of viable myocardium that is thinned and fails to contract, in the absence of a non-ischemic cause (pre-event imaging data required for verification of new abnormality), OR pathological findings of a healed/healing MI. Stroke=presence of a new focal neurologic deficit thought to be of vascular origin, with signs/symptoms lasting >24 hours or results in death (in <24 hours).

Acute MI is defined as evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with myocardial ischemia. Prior MI diagnosed post-randomization (e.g., silent MI)=the development of new pathological Q waves with/without symptoms OR imaging evidence of a region of loss of viable myocardium that is thinned and fails to contract, in the absence of a non-ischemic cause (pre-event imaging data required for verification of new abnormality), OR pathological findings of a healed/healing MI. CHD death is defined as the occurrence of a fatal MI, death caused by documented cardiac arrest, death resulting from heart failure in a participant with known CHD, death from other forms of acute/chronic CHD, unwitnessed death of unknown origin, or sudden death.

Number of participants who died, during the vital status time-period were reported. The participants who were known to have died, date of death was used; for participants who completed the study the study completion date was used; for participants who withdrew from the study where vital status was ascertained , and are known to have not died , the last known date to be alive was used and for participants whom vital status was not ascertained, following study withdrawal the study withdrawal date was used.