Table 3.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of sudden death victims with medical visits within one month prior to death by report of cardiac versus noncardiac symptoms.
| Cardiac symptoms, N = 30 n (%) |
Noncardiac symptoms, N = 43 n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 56.6 (7.1) | 55.5 (9.5) |
| Male | 18 (60.0) | 27 (62.8) |
| Medical comorbidities | ||
| Tobacco use disorder | 21 (70.0) | 28 (65.1) |
| Mental illnessa | 21 (70.0) | 23 (53.5) |
| Hypertension | 24 (80.0) | 38 (88.4) |
| Hyperlipidemia | 22 (73.3) | 31 (72.1) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 15 (50.0) | 21 (48.8) |
| Chronic respiratory disease | 19 (63.3) | 18 (41.7) |
| Coronary artery disease | 11 (36.7) | 13 (30.2) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 10 (33.3) | 12 (27.9) |
| Heart failure | 11 (36.7) | 8 (18.6) |
a
Mental illness includes depression, bipolar disease, anxiety, schizophrenia, substance abuse, and alcohol abuse.