Table 3.

Mortality and TLDs across subgroups (weighed results)

	Uncontrolled cancer (n = 117), %	Controlled cancer(n = 270), %	Without cancer (n = 1254), %	p-value
28-day mortality
< 2 PECS	24.8	22.6	17	0.02
≥ 2 PECs	63	57.4	59.6	0.60
Treatment limitation decisions
< 2 PECS	10.5	5.2	6.0	0.12
≥ 2 PECs	28.7	27.7	34.7	0.09
1-year mortality
< 2 PECS	58.4	45.8	30.4	< 0.001
≥ 2 PECs	87.0	80.2	83.2	0.29
Combined endpoint
< 2 PECS	70.8	63.0	54.5	0.001
≥ 2 PECs	93.7	82.5	93.4	< 0.001

PEC perceptions of excessive care, TLD treatment limitation decisions

Combined endpoint: death, poor quality of life or not being at home

Patients who were lost to follow-up are not included in this table

A p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant