Table 2. Causes of patient mortality.

Causes of mortality	All participants (N = 1691)			PS-matched participants (N = 854)
	All participants	Late-start (N = 1051)	Early-start (N = 640)	PS-matched participants	Late-start (N = 427)	Early-start (N = 427)
Cardiovascular events	34 (29.6%)	17 (33.3%)	17 (26.6%)	16 (29.1%)	7 (33.3%)	9 (26.5%)
Cerebrovascular events	7 (6.1%)	2 (3.9%)	5 (7.8%)	5 (9.1%)	2 (9.5%)	3 (8.8%)
Infections	30 (26.1%)	15 (29.4%)	15 (23.4%)	13 (23.6%)	6 (28.6%)	7 (20.6%)
Malignancies	7 (6.1%)	3 (5.9%)	4 (6.3%)	2 (3.6%)	1 (4.8%)	1 (2.9%)
Other	22 (19.1%)	8 (15.7%)	14 (21.9%)	10 (18.2%)	1 (4.8%)	9 (26.5%)
Unknown	15 (13.0%)	6 (11.8%)	9 (14.1%)	9 (16.4%)	4 (19.0%)	5 (14.7%)