Table 1.

Concomittant disease and relation to dichotomized outcome (survived versus dead)

Concomittant disease	Survived	Dead	Total
None	7	10	17
Hypertension	3	1	4
Diabetes mellitus	2	3	51
Occlusive vascular disease	11	14	25
Psychiatric disorder	1	0	1
Alcohol abuse (>5E daily)	1	1	2
Various (e.g. Downs’ syndrome)	4	1	6
Total	29	30	59