Study participants» control
of individual and composite factors was also examined in relation to the
occurrence of new cardiovascular events (including
heart attacks, coronary deaths, strokes,
heart failure, percutaneous interventions and bypass surgeries) over an average follow - up
of 11 years.
Using the example
of the pain reliever rofecoxib, which was sold under the brand name Vioxx, and the
occurrence of heart attack, the researchers reproduced that known association between the two using the
new research method.