Research Article
Hemodialysis Adequacy and Its Impact on Long-Term Patient Survival in Demographically, Socially, and Culturally Homogeneous Patients
Table 3
Cause of death and survival rate in two groups from 2012 to 2015.
| Presumed cause of death | Group A | Group B | Total | value between 2 groups |
| Catheter sepsis or hemorrhage (percentile) | 5 (12.5%) | 2 (5%) | 7 (8.75%) | =0.20 | Cardiac arrhythmia (percentile) | 2 (5%) | 2 (5%) | 4 (5%) | =0.69 | Acute myocardial infarction (percentile) | 4 (10%) | 6 (15%) | 10 (12.5%) | =0.28 | Acute cerebrovascular accident | 6 (15%) | 5 (12.5%) | 11 (13.75%) | =0.50 | Severe pneumonia | 6 (15%) | 4 (10%) | 10 (12.5%) | =0.30 | Acute gastrointestinal bleeding | 3 (7.5%) | 0 | 3 (3.75%) | =0.66 | Acute abdomen | 3 (7.5%) | 0 | 3 (3.75%) | =0.12 | Gangrene of lower extremity | 1 (2.5%) | 0 | 1 (1.25%) | =0.50 | Disseminated tuberculosis | 2 (5%) | 0 | 2 (2.5%) | =0.24 | Leukemia | 0 | 1 (2.5%) | 1 (1.25%) | =0.50 | Gastrointestinal malignancy | 0 | 4 (10%) | 4 (5%) | =0.05 | Cumulative mortality | 32 (80%) | 24 (60%) | 56 (70%) | =0.02 | 1-year survival rate | 16 (40%) | 28 (70%) | 44 (55%) | =0.04 | 2-year survival rate | 12 (30%) | 22 (55%) | 34 (42%) | =0.02 | 3-year survival rate | 8 (20%) | 16 (40%) | 24 (%30) | Logrank = 0.04 |
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