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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Mar;125(3):799–810. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181cb5e29

Table 8.

Cause of Death By Breast Implant Surgery (Among WHI OSa Subjects without Breast Cancer at Baseline)

Breast Augmentation

No Yes

Cause of Death Col % Col %
Cancer 2227 40.3 15 34.9
CHDb related 1181 21.4 6 14.0
Cerebrovascular 426 7.7 2 4.7
Accident, etc. 149 2.7 6 14.0
Pulmonary embolism 47 0.9 0 0.0
Other causes 1121 20.3 9 20.9
Unknown 347 6.8 5 11.6
Total 5498 100 43 100
a

Women's Health Initiative Observational Study;

b

coronary heart disease