Table 1. Age, Gender, and Frequency Comparison Between Alive and Dead Referred Patients.

Variable	Alive	Dead	P value
Frequency, No. (%)	8634 (94.7)	479 (5.3)
Gender			0.005
Male	6762	401
Female	1872	78
Age, y a	35.70 ± 0.18	45.44 ± 1.01	<0.001

^a Data are presented as mean ± SEM.