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. 2019 Apr 3;34(8):1390–1391. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04986-9

Table 1.

One-Year Mortality Risk Factors

Variable Died at 1 year (n = 50) Alive at 1 year p
n % n %
AKI 15 30.0 16 14.0 0.02*
Ischemic heart disease 9 18.0 40 35.1 0.03*
Chronic kidney disease 7 14.0 14 12.3 0.76
Hypertension 25 50.0 61 53.5 0.68
Cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack 8 16.0 16 14.0 0.74
Heart failure 7 14.0 12 10.5 0.52
Dementia 14 28.0 21 18.4 0.17
Diabetes 14 28.0 32 28.1 0.99
Parkinson’s disease 3 6.0 5 4.4 0.66
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 13 26.0 20 17.5 0.21
Active malignancy 12 24.0 8 7.0 < 0.01*
Previous malignancy 6 12.0 8 7.0 0.29

*p < 0.05 statistically significant