Comparison of medical outcomes and health care costs at the end of life between dialysis patients with and without cancer: a national population-based study

Table 2 The primary causes of hospital admission in the last month for dialysis patients with cancer (DC group) and without cancer (D group) during 2006–2011

Variables	Total	D group n (%)	DC group n (%)	p value
Total	1177	1028 (87.3%)	149 (12.7%)
Myocardial infarction	82 (7.0%)	77 (7.5%)	5 (3.4%)	0.083
Congestive heart failure	110 (9.3%)	103 (10.0%)	7 (4.7%)	0.035
PAOD	50 (4.2%)	48 (4.7%)	2 (1.3%)	0.078
COPD	52 (4.4%)	39 (3.8%)	13 (8.7%)	0.016
Pneumonia	229 (19.5%)	202 (19.6%)	27 (18.1%)	0.740
Sepsis	357 (30.3%)	306 (29.8%)	51 (34.2%)	0.294
Potassium imbalance^a	46 (3.9%)	42 (4.1%)	4 (2.7%)	0.504

Abbreviations: COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PAOD peripheral arterial occlusive disease
^aPotassium imbalance includes hyperkalemia or hypokalemia

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