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. 2012 Mar 23;7(3):e34112. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034112

Table 3. Cause of death according to the use of hormone treatment at baseline.

Hormone Therapy All-cause Cancer Cardiovascular disease Respiratory, infectious disease Cachexia, diseases of the digestive tract Other causes Ill-defined
% (n) % % % % %
Never 8.0 (284) 32.8 24.3 8.5 4.2 9.1 21.1
Past HT use 6.2 (52) 44.2 17.3 7.7 5.8 5.8 19.2
Current HT use 2.2 (16) 75.0 6.3 12.5 0 0 6.2
p-valuea <0.001 0.32 <0.001 0.30 0.41 0.04 0.005
a

Unadjusted chi-squared analysis for the difference in the frequency of deaths according to HT use.