This study also showed a trend to a decrease in the risk of composite outcome (death or HF hospitalization) and mortality in the darbepoetin-α group versus placebo group (39/266, 15% vs 46/209, 22%; HR 0.67, 95% CI 0.44–1.03, p=0.06) with also a tendency to a lower mortality in the darbepoetin-α group (6% vs 9%; HR, 0.76) ( 49 , 56 ).
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