Table 3.
Number (%) of Participants who died within 3 Years by Marital Status, Sex, and Prevalent CVD at the Time of Bereavement.
| Men
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Women
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No CVD | with CVD | No CVD | with CVD | |
| Married | ||||
| Total N | 98 | 65 | 311 | 119 |
| # (%) died | 14 (14.3) | 18 (27.7) | 27 (8.7) | 41 (34.5) |
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| Bereaved | ||||
| Total N | 79 | 84 | 321 | 109 |
| # (%) died | 21 (26.6) | 31 (36.9) | 28 (8.7) | 19 (17.4) |
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| p value* | 0.041 | 0.24 | 0.99 | 0.004 |
Notes. Total number of participants is 1186. Total # deaths = 199 (16.8% [women = 115; men = 84]).
*
Chi-square test for bereavement within groups defined by sex and prevalent CVD.