Table IV.
Distribution of cause of deaths and nonfatal events (total N = 205) in the study sample
| Variable | Deaths | Nonfatal events | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Overall* | Total | Male | Female | |
| Myocardial infarction | 12 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Coronary heart disease | 3 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 57 | 29 | 28 |
| Stroke | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heart failure | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Valve thrombosis | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Renal failure | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Pulmonary embolism | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Type 2 diabetes | 0 | 51 | 40 | 13 | 27 | ||
| Sepsis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Liver cirrhosis | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Colon perforation | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| C. obstr. pulmon. dis. | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Malignancy** | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Cause indeterminate | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 64 | 36 | 28 | 211 | 141 | 70 | 71 |
*
Comprises 70 nonfatal events additional to death or the primary unique event.
**
Incident 10 malignancies in women: 4 breast, 2 lung, 1 pancreas, 3 type unknown. Among 12 malignancies in men: 4 lung, 1 colon, 1 prostate, 1 renal cell carcinoma, 5 type unknown.