A novel method for interpreting survival analysis data: description and test on three major clinical trials on cardiovascular prevention.

PROVE-IT (Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy (TIMI22), Clinical trial registration number: NCT00382460, date of registration: September 29, 2006, study start date: November 2000). LIFE (Losartan Intervention For Endpoint Reduction in Hypertension (LIFE) Study, Clinical trial registration number: NCT00338260, date of registration: June 20, 2006, study start date: June 1995). HOPE (Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation; we could not find Clinical trial registration number and date of registration).