Table 2.
The 10 Most Common Causes of Death Among Patients With FSGS-Attributed Kidney Failure
| FSGS-Attributed Kidney Failure |
|
|---|---|
| N = 25,699 | |
| Cause of death, n (%) | |
| Patients who died (any cause) | 8,278 (32.2%) |
| Cardiac arrest, cause unknown | 2,047 (8.0%) |
| Withdrawal from dialysis or uremia | 1,096 (4.3%) |
| Other identified cause of death, not specified | 375 (1.5%) |
| Septicemia, other | 344 (1.3%) |
| Myocardial infarction, acute | 263 (1.0%) |
| Malignant disease | 204 (0.8%) |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | 171 (0.7%) |
| Cerebrovascular accident (including intracranial hemorrhage) | 145 (0.6%) |
| Cachexia | 141 (0.5%) |
| Unknown | 1,401 (5.5%) |
Abbreviation: FSGS, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.