Table 2.

Specific Causes of Death in Patients With Chronic HF Enrolled in the GISSI‐HF Trial, Who Were Stratified by Their Glycemic Status at Baseline (ie, Patients With DM, Patients With Pre‐DM, and Those Without Diabetes Mellitus [Non‐DM], Respectively)

Causes of Death	No. of Died Patients With DM (n=984)	No. of Died Patients With Pre‐DM (n=465)	No. of Died Patients Without DM (n=509)
Cardiovascular	742 (75.4%)	356 (76.6%)	373 (73.3%)
Noncardiovascular	202 (20.5%)	93 (20.0%)	118 (23.2%)
Unknown	40 (4.1%)	16 (3.4%)	18 (3.5%)

GISSI‐HF indicates Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nella Insufficienza Cardiaca‐Heart Failure; HF, heart failure.