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The causes of death in hemodialysis patients.
| Groups | The cause of death |
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| Cancer | Sepsis | CVD | DM | Liver | ESRD | Others | P value | |
| Transitioned from PD [n (%)] | 22 (5.7) | 43 (11.2) | 97 (25.2) | 74 (19.2) | 17 (4.4) | 85 (22.1) | 47 (12.2) | |
| 0.748 | ||||||||
| HD-only [n (%)] | 76 (5.8) | 152 (11.6) | 315 (24) | 264 (20.2) | 51 (3.9) | 326 (24.9) | 126 (9.6) | |
HD, hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; ESRD, end stage of renal disease.
