Table 2:

Average estimated years of life saved and associated costs by sex and age, discounted

Sex; age at initiation of evolocumab treatment, yrYears of treatmentYOLSs (95% CI)Difference in lifetime cost (95% CI)*Cost per YOLS, $
UntreatedTreated
Male
 4518.619.10.45 (0.37–0.53)144 110 (115 628–172 593)318 335
 5515.616.00.42 (0.34–0.51)120 574 (97 031–144 117)284 306
 6512.112.50.36 (0.29–0.44)93 083 (76 276–109 890)257 348
 758.68.80.27 (0.23–0.31)65 357 (54 354–76 359)243 414
Female
 4520.020.30.29 (0.20–0.37)151 539 (120 778–182 299)528 009
 5516.917.20.29 (0.20–0.37)128 236 (102 937–153 535)448 221
 6513.313.60.26 (0.20–0.33)99 871 (82 313–117 430)382 796
 759.79.90.17 (0.12–0.21)71 607 (60 198–83 016)422 710
 Overall13.313.60.34 (0.27–0.41)101 899 (97 325–106 473)299 482
  • Note: CI = confidence interval, YOLS = year of life saved.

  • * In current Canadian dollars (see Methods).

  • Weighted for the age and sex distributions seen in the FOURIER trial. (2)