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Table 3 Main outcomes: distribution based on the first diet

From: Diet as a system: an observational study investigating a multi-choice system of moderately restricted low-protein diets

First diet

Vegan supplemented

With protein-free food

Other

All cases

p Among groups

Continues n (%)

86 (40.0%)

81 (50.9%)

58 (77.3%)

225 (50.1%)

<0.001

Discontinued n(%)

6 (2.8%)

2 (1.3%)

0

8 (1.8%)

Transferred n (%)

4 (1.9%)

1 (0.6%)

1 (1.3%)

6 (1.3%)

Lost to follow-up n (%)

1 (0.5%)

4 (2.5%)

0

5 (1.1%)

On dialysis n (%)

83 (38.6%)

12 (7.5%)

10 (13.3%)

105 (23.4%)

Dead n (%)

35 (16.3%)

59 (37.1%)

6 (8.0%)

100 (22.3%)

Overall follow-up (years)

375.67

335

136.5

847.17

0.124

  1. 9 further deaths were recorded in the first year after discontinuation of the diet; all occurred on dialysis (on further 94.4 years of observation)