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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Lipidol. 2018 Mar 30;12(4):1061–1071.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2018.03.085

Table 2.

Causes of death based on baseline HDL-c level (mg/dl)

Overall ≤30 31–40 41–50 51–60 >60

Females (N=4846) (N=348) (N=707) (N=1183) (N=1111) (N=1497)
All Cardiovascular Diseases, (%) 37.5 40.2 35.6 36.9 37.0 38.5
 Ischemic Heart Diseases, (%) 17.0 20.7 18.7 16.8 16.2 16.2
 Heart Failure, (%) 3.0 4.0 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.7
 Cerebrovascular disease, (%) 5.2 4.6 4.1 5.0 5.9 5.7
 All Other CV diseases, (%) 12.3 10.9 10.2 12.1 11.9 14.0
Malignant Neoplasms, (%) 20.0 18.7 21.1 19.9 21.0 19.0
Non-cancer Non-malignancy, (%) 40.6 40.2 40.9 41.2 40.1 40.5
 Chronic lower respiratory diseases, (%) 5.7 6.3 6.1 5.5 5.3 5.9
 Diabetes mellitus, (%) 5.1 7.5 6.6 6.5 4.7 3.0
 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis, (%) 2.3 0.57 3.1 2.7 1.9 2.2
 Alzheimer's disease, (%) 3.1 1.4 1.7 3.4 3.6 3.5
 Influenza and pneumonia, (%) 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.5 1.5
 Septicemia, (%) 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1
 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, (%) 0.99 2.9 1.6 0.93 0.18 0.94
 Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids, (%) 0.74 1.1 0.71 0.68 1.3 0.33
 Parkinson's disease, (%) 0.31 0.0 0.28 0.34 0.27 0.40
 All other diseases, (%) 18.4 16.4 16.5 16.7 19.3 20.6
 Non-Disease related deaths, (%) 1.9 0.86 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.9

Males (N=4698) (N=644) (N=1306) (N=1310) (N=805) (N=633)

All Cardiovascular Diseases, (%) 39.4 41.1 43.0 39.2 35.8 35.4
 Ischemic Heart Diseases, (%) 22.5 26.9 25.5 22.5 17.8 18.0
 Heart Failure, (%) 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.0
 Cerebrovascular disease, (%) 3.8 2.3 4.4 3.4 4.1 4.4
All Other CV diseases, (%) 10.1 9.2 10.2 10.2 10.7 10.0
Malignant Neoplasms, (%) 23.2 23.6 23.6 22.4 23.5 23.4
Non-cancer Non-malignancy, (%) 34.9 33.5 30.9 35.7 37.8 39.0
 Chronic lower respiratory diseases, (%) 4.4 3.0 3.8 4.1 5.1 7.0
 Diabetes mellitus, (%) 5.1 6.8 4.9 5.1 5.3 3.6
 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis, (%) 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.1 3.0 2.2
 Alzheimer's disease, (%) 1.3 0.47 0.77 1.4 1.2 2.8
 Influenza and pneumonia, (%) 2.0 2.2 1.6 2.1 2.5 2.2
 Septicemia, (%) 1.7 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.4 1.6
 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, (%) 0.81 1.6 0.54 0.61 0.75 1.1
 Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids, (%) 1.1 0.93 0.92 1.3 1.1 1.4
 Parkinson's disease, (%) 0.68 0.16 0.61 0.99 0.62 0.79
 All other diseases, (%) 14.9 13.7 13.4 15.1 16.8 16.3
 Non-Disease related deaths, (%) 2.5 1.7 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.2