Table 1.
Apparently healthy cats | HCM | HOCM | HCM/HOCM | |
---|---|---|---|---|
n = 722 | n = 430 | n = 578 | n = 1008 | |
Cause of death | Number of events (%) | Number of events (%) | Number of events (%) | Number of events (%) |
Cause‐specific mortality | ||||
Cancer | 105 (14.5) | 52 (12.1) | 51 (8.8) | 103 (10.2) |
Chronic kidney disease | 46 (6.4) | 41 (9.5) | 35 (6.1) | 76 (7.5) |
Chronic weight loss‐vomiting‐diarrhea‐anorexia | 32 (4.4) | 24 (5.6) | 26 (4.5) | 50 (5.0) |
Other diseases* | 47 (6.5) | 42 (9.8) | 33 (5.7) | 75 (7.4) |
Unknown causes | 49 (6.8) | 25 (5.8) | 43 (7.4) | 68 (6.7) |
Overall mortality | ||||
Noncardiovascular causes | 230 (31.9) | 159 (37.0) | 145 (25.1) | 304 (30.2) |
Cardiovascular causes | 7 (1.0) | 115 (26.7) | 166 (28.7) | 281 (27.9) |
All causes** | 286 (39.6) | 299 (69.5) | 354 (61.2) | 653 (64.8) |
Note: Data are arranged by the cause of death.
Abbreviations: HCM, nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; HOCM, obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Death related to anesthesia, respiratory diseases, central nervous system diseases, hepatobiliary diseases, toxicoses, endocrine diseases, trauma.
Includes all cardiovascular, noncardiovascular, and unknown causes of death.