Figure 3From: Cardiovascular and gastrointestinal effects of COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: achieving a balanceDeaths associated with NSAID induced gastrointestinal damage versus other causes. Data from Ray and coworkers [33]. Numbers (n) are person-years. *P = 0.024 versus reference; †P = 0.014 versus celecoxib (2.20 [1.17–4.10]). CI, confidence interval; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Reproduced with permission from Elsevier [33].Back to article page