TABLE 4.

RISK OF CARDIAC DEATH FOR UNITED STATES DECEDENTS FROM 1988–2007 WITH SARCOIDOSIS AS UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH RELATIVE TO BACKGROUND POPULATION

	Blacks		Whites
Age in Years	Female	Male	Female	Male
25–34	1.43 (1.22–2.00)*	2.14 (1.81–2.52)†	2.25 (1.32–3.82)‡	2.31 (1.61–3.31)†
35–44	1.02 (0.93–1.13)	1.08 (0.97–1.20)	1.61 (1.25–2.08)‡	1.26 (1.03–1.54)§
45–54	0.87 (0.81–0.95)*	0.81 (0.73–0.90)†	1.19 (1.01–1.41)§	0.76 (0.64–0.91)*
55–64	0.72 (0.65–0.79)†	0.75 (0.66–0.86)†	0.72 (0.62–0.83)†	0.63 (0.53–0.74)†
65–74	0.63 (0.56–0.72)†	0.74 (0.61–0.90)*	0.71 (0.63–0.79)†	0.66 (0.57–0.77)†
75–84	0.78 (0.65–0.93)‡	0.73 (0.52–1.03)§	0.68 (0.61–0.77)†	0.61 (0.51–0.73)†

Cardiac death includes codes for ischemia or myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death or arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, or cardiomyopathy.

^*P ≤ 0.001.

^†P < 0.0001.

^‡P ≤ 0.005.

^§P < 0.05.