Table 3.
Causes of death, by presence vs. absence of atrial fibrillation, in the Cleveland Clinic CKD Registry
| Causes | AF (N=2581) |
No AF (N=16,273) |
Total (N=18,854) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Cardiovascular Diseases | 49.1 | 32.7 | 35.0 |
| Ischemic Heart Disease | 23.1 | 16.5 | 17.4 |
| Heart Failure | 5.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| All Other Cardiovascular Diseases | 16.0 | 9.7 | 10.6 |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 16.0 | 28.4 | 26.7 |
| Non-Cardio Non-Malignancy | 32.5 | 37.0 | 36.4 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Septicemia | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 0.35 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 1.1 | 0.93 | 0.95 |
| Parkinson’s disease | 0.27 | 0.61 | 0.56 |
| All other diseases | 13.9 | 16.8 | 16.4 |
| Non-Disease related deaths | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Data shown as column %