Table 3 Individual causes of death grouped according to BMI and AG levelsa
From: Interaction between acyl-ghrelin and BMI predicts clinical outcomes in hemodialysis patients
|  | Low BMI (n = 131) | High BMI (n = 130) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low AG (n = 51) | High AG (n = 80) | Low AG (n = 78) | High AG (n = 52) | |
Myocardial infarction | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Cerebrovascular accident | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Sudden death | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Other cardiovascular | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Infection/septicemia | 6 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
Surgical peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
Cancer | 4 | 1 | 2 | - |
Other | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
All deathsb, n (%) | 28 (54.9%) | 37 (47.4%) | 29 (36. 2%) | 15 (28.8%) |
CVD deathsb, n (%) | 15 (29.4%) | 16 (20.5%) | 13 (16.2%) | 7 (13.5%) |