the composite (in this context)

12:54 Jul 29, 2007 

I still don't like 'composite of' with 'or' here, but the wording of the text quoted above is acceptable and certainly better that the wording of your original text. 'Composite of' is probably common usage in this context to mean 'any one of a group of'.

12:47 Jul 29, 2007 

My text deals with the CLARITY study of clopidogrel. I've come across the following information on this study:"End Points: The primary efficacy end point was the composite of an occluded infarct-related artery on angiography, death from any cause before angiography, or recurrent MI before angiography. The primary end point for patients who did not undergo angiography was death or recurrent MI by day 8 or hospital discharge. The primary safety end point was major bleeding; secondary safety end points were intracranial hemorrhage and minor bleeding. For the PCI substudy, the primary efficacy end point was the composite of cardiovascular death, recurrent MI, or stroke from PCI to 30 days after randomization. The primary safety outcome was the rate of TIMI major or minor bleeding from PCI to 30 days after randomization.

Results: The primary efficacy end point occurred in 15.0% of clopidogrel patients (n=1752) and 21.7% of placebo patients (n=1739) (odds ratio [OR], 0.64; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.53–0.76; P < 0.001). Occlusion of an infarct-related artery occurred in 11.7% of clopidogrel patients and 18.4% of placebo patients (OR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.48–0.72; P < 0.001).
May be "the composite" is a combination of several events?
P.S. Sorry, buble, but I don't speak German. Can you express your idea in English, please?

12:26 Jul 29, 2007 

good question: 'composite of' and 'or' don't go together.

12:22 Jul 29, 2007 

compositum/composed (roche) ist ein Kombinationspräparat. Ich denke, ein composit graft ist gemeint: schau mal in www.gesundheit.de/roche/ da steht: Kunststoff-/Venenbypass oder als Gefäßers. m. künstl. Klappe bei Aortininsuffizien