Table 2.

Reasons for mortality in patients with diabetes undergoing urgent-start peritoneal dialysis during different follow-up periods

Causes	Number of mortalities within the first 6 mo, n (%)	Number of the mortalities after 6 mo, n (%)
Infectious diseases	4 (9.76)	16 (14.16)
Cardiovascular events	11 (26.83)	36 (31.86)
Cerebrovascular disorder	3 (7.32)	10 (8.85)
Respiratory failure	8 (19.51)	14 (12.39)
Malignancy	3 (7.32)	3 (2.66)
Multiple organ dysfunction	3 (7.32)	2 (1.77)
Unknown	9 (21.95)	32 (28.32)
Total	41 (100.00)	113 (100.00)