Table 1 Causes of death in surgery and nonsurgical patients during the original study (observation period 13.9 ± 1.87 years, mean ± SD, 10) and in the follow-up study (observation period 19.5 ± 1.88 years)
Group | Original study | p | Follow-up study | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surgery | Nonsurgical | Surgery | Nonsurgical | |||
CVD | 5 | 22 | 0.001 | 8 | 32 | 0.029 |
Total non-CVD | 7 | 43 | 0.001 | 18 | 58 | 0.019 |
Cancer | 7 | 33 | 0.016 | 13 | 44 | 0.033 |
Liver | 0 | 4 | NS | 2 | 4 | NS |
Lung | 0 | 3 | NS | 1 | 4 | NS |
Infection | 0 | 3 | NS | 1 | 4 | NS |
Endocrine | 0 | 0 | NS | 0 | 1 | NS |
External | 0 | 0 | NS | 1 | 1 | NS |
Total | 12 | 65 | 0.001 | 26 | 90 | 0.001 |