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. 2019 Oct 12;33(6):2572–2586. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15609

Table 4.

Risk of mortality

Noncardiovascular death All‐cause death* Cancer death Chronic kidney disease death Chronic weight loss‐vomiting‐diarrhea‐anorexia death Other causes of death**
Population remaining at risk Affected Population remaining at risk Affected Population remaining at risk Affected Population remaining at risk Affected Population remaining at risk Affected Population remaining at risk Affected
1 year after study entry
Full population AH 94.5 5.5 94.2 5.8 97.2 2.8 99.4 0.6 99.3 0.7 98.3 1.7
HCM/HOCM 94.5 5.5 87.1 12.9 98.0 2.0 99.3 0.7 99.3 0.7 98.3 1.7
Age quartile1 AH 98.4 1.6 98.4 1.6 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 99.6 0.4 98.8 1.2
HCM/HOCM 97.9 2.1 92.1 7.9 99.5 0.5 99.5 0.5 100.0 0.0 98.9 1.1
Age quartile 2 AH 96.1 3.9 96.1 3.9 98.7 1.3 99.4 0.6 98.7 1.3 99.4 0.6
HCM/HOCM 95.6 4.4 87.5 12.5 98.9 1.1 99.3 0.7 98.9 1.1 99.3 0.7
Age quartile 3 AH 94.0 6.0 93.5 6.5 96.4 3.6 100.0 0.0 99.4 0.6 98.2 1.8
HCM/HOCM 96.5 3.5 89.2 10.8 98.1 1.9 100.0 0.0 99.7 0.3 99.4 0.6
Age quartile4 AH 86.4 13.6 85.7 14.3 91.8 8.2 98.0 2.0 99.3 0.7 96.6 3.4
HCM/HOCM 88.0 12.0 79.8 20.2 95.7 4.3 98.3 1.7 98.7 1.3 95.3 4.7
2.5 years after study entry
Full population AH 86.6 13.4 84.1 15.9 94.0 6.0 97.9 2.1 97.8 2.2 96.8 3.2
HCM/HOCM 89.8 10.2 74.2 25.8 96.3 3.7 98.3 1.7 98.2 1.8 97.5 2.5
Age quartile1 AH 96.8 3.2 95.2 4.8 99.2 0.8 100.0 0.0 99.2 0.8 98.4 1.6
HCM/HOCM 96.8 3.2 84.1 15.9 98.9 1.1 99.5 0.5 100.0 0.0 98.9 1.1
Age quartile 2 AH 91.6 8.4 90.3 9.7 98.1 1.9 98.7 1.3 97.4 2.6 97.4 2.6
HCM/HOCM 92.6 7.4 79.0 21.0 98.2 1.8 98.5 1.5 98.2 1.8 98.9 1.1
Age quartile 3 AH 83.9 16.1 81.0 19.0 92.9 7.1 98.2 1.8 97.6 2.4 95.8 4.2
HCM/HOCM 93.0 7.0 76.1 23.9 97.1 2.9 99.0 1.0 98.7 1.3 98.4 1.6
Age quartile 4 AH 66.7 33.3 61.9 38.1 82.3 17.7 93.2 6.8 95.9 4.1 94.6 5.4
HCM/HOCM 76.4 23.6 57.9 42.1 91.0 9.0 96.1 3.9 96.1 3.9 93.6 6.0
5 years after study entry
Full population AH 76.2 23.8 70.4 29.6 89.2 10.8 95.6 4.4 96.7 3.3 95.0 5.0
HCM/HOCM 78.8 21.2 51.7 48.3 93.0 7.0 95.1 4.9 96.6 3.4 95.4 4.6
Age quartile1 AH 91.7 8.3 88.1 11.9 98.0 2.0 100.0 0.0 97.6 2.4 96.8 3.2
HCM/HOCM 94.7 5.3 67.7 32.3 98.4 1.6 99.5 0.5 99.5 0.5 98.4 1.6
Age quartile 2 AH 87.1 12.9 85.2 14.8 96.1 3.9 98.7 1.3 96.8 3.2 95.5 4.5
HCM/HOCM 87.5 12.5 62.1 37.9 97.1 2.9 97.8 2.2 97.4 2.6 97.1 2.9
Age quartile 3 AH 71.4 28.6 63.7 36.3 86.3 13.7 95.2 4.8 96.4 3.6 94.6 5.4
HCM/HOCM 80.9 19.1 51.0 49.0 92.0 8.0 95.9 4.1 97.1 2.9 96.2 3.8
Age quartile 4 AH 43.5 56.5 32.0 68.0 70.1 29.9 85.0 15.0 95.2 4.8 91.8 8.2
HCM/HOCM 52.8 47.2 27.5 72.5 85.0 15.0 87.6 12.4 92.7 7.3 90.1 9.9
7.5 years after study entry
Full population AH 70.2 29.8 62.7 37.3 86.1 13.9 93.9 6.1 95.7 4.3 94.6 5.4
HCM/HOCM 71.9 28.1 38.4 61.6 90.8 9.2 92.8 7.2 95.2 4.8 94.7 5.3
Age quartile1 AH 90.5 9.5 86.5 13.5 97.6 2.4 100.0 0.0 97.2 2.8 96.4 3.6
HCM/HOCM 93.1 6.9 59.3 40.7 97.9 2.1 99.5 0.5 99.5 0.5 98.4 1.6
Age quartile 2 AH 80.6 19.4 76.1 23.9 92.3 7.7 97.4 2.6 95.5 4.5 95.5 4.5
HCM/HOCM 83.5 16.5 50.4 49.6 95.2 4.8 97.4 2.6 96.3 3.7 96.3 3.7
Age quartile 3 AH 61.9 38.1 52.4 47.6 83.3 16.7 91.7 8.3 94.6 5.4 93.5 6.5
HCM/HOCM 71.7 28.3 36.0 64.0 88.2 11.8 92.7 7.3 94.9 5.1 95.9 4.1
Age quartile 4 AH 34.0 66.0 19.7 80.3 63.3 36.7 82.3 17.7 94.6 5.4 91.8 8.2
HCM/HOCM 41.6 58.4 10.7 89.3 83.3 16.7 82.0 18.0 91.0 9.0 88.4 11.6
10 years after study entry
Full population AH 68.6 31.4 60.8 39.1 85.5 14.5 93.4 6.6 95.6 4.4 94.3 5.7
HCM/HOCM 70.2 29.8 35.8 64.1 89.9 10.1 92.4 7.6 95.0 5.0 94.6 5.4
Age quartile1 AH 89.3 10.7 85.3 14.6 97.2 2.8 100.0 0.0 97.2 2.8 95.6 4.4
HCM/HOCM 90.5 9.5 55.6 44.3 95.8 4.2 98.9 1.1 99.5 0.5 98.4 1.6
Age quartile 2 AH 77.4 22.6 72.9 27.0 91.0 9.0 96.1 3.9 94.8 5.2 95.5 4.5
HCM/HOCM 82.0 18.0 48.2 51.7 94.9 5.1 97.4 2.6 96.0 4.0 96.0 4.0
Age quartile 3 AH 60.7 39.3 50.0 49.9 82.7 17.3 91.1 8.9 94.6 5.4 93.5 6.5
HCM/HOCM 69.7 30.3 33.4 66.5 87.3 12.7 91.7 8.3 94.9 5.1 95.9 4.1
Age quartile 4 AH 32.7 67.3 18.4 81.5 62.6 37.4 81.6 18.4 94.6 5.4 91.8 8.2
HCM/HOCM 40.8 59.2 8.5 91.5 82.8 17.2 82.0 18.0 90.6 9.4 88.4 11.6

Note: For each cause of death listed in the top row, the percentage of affected population and remaining population still at risk is designated for each age quartile recorded at study entry. Risk is further detailed at 1‐, 2.5‐, 5‐, 7.5‐, and 10‐year intervals after study entry.

Abbreviations: AH, apparently healthy cats; HCM, nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; HOCM, obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

*

Includes all cardiovascular, noncardiovascular, and unknown causes of death.

**

Death related to anesthesia, respiratory diseases, central nervous system diseases, hepatobiliary diseases, toxicoses, endocrine diseases, trauma.