Table 3.
Mortality and Cause of Death
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| Cause of Death | Total (N=255) No. (%) | Intervention (n=45) No. (%) | Control (n=43) No. (%) | P Value | Specialist (n=167) No. (%) |
| All deaths | 68 (27) | 10 (22) | 19 (44) | .02 | 39 (23) |
| Cardiovascular deaths | 43 (17) | 7 (16) | 14 (33) | .01 | 22 (13) |
| Coronary heart disease | 36 (14) | 5 (11) | 12 (28) | .02 | 19 (11) |
| Other vascular cause | 7 (3) | 2 (4) | 2 (5) | .37 | 3 (2) |
| Noncardiovascular deaths | 25 (10) | 3 (7) | 5 (12) | .68 | 17 (10) |
| Neoplasia | 15 (6) | 2 (4) | 2 (5) | .93 | 11 (7) |
| Other | 10 (4) | 1 (2) | 3 (7) | .40 | 6 (4) |
Notes: Cox regression analysis was used to compare the groups. P values are adjusted for group-randomized trials according to the method of Murray.18 The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.12 for all deaths, 0.14 for coronary heart disease deaths, and 0.14 for cardiovascular deaths. Results were confirmed by logistic regression analysis and the inclusion of the covariates age, sex, hypertension, smoking, and diabetes.