Table 2 Proportions of cardiac and non-cardiac deaths and sudden and non-sudden cardiac deaths by diabetes status
From: Diabetes, glucose tolerance, and the risk of sudden cardiac death
Causes of death | Normal (n = 3504) | IGT (n = 2364) | Diabetes (80) | p |
Non-cardiac | 2370 (67.6 %) | 1558 (65.9 %) | 45 (56.3 %) | 0.050 |
Cardiac | 1134 (32.4 %) | 806 (34.1 %) | 35 (43.8 %) | |
Suddenness of cardiac deaths | Normal (n = 1134) | IGT (n = 806) | Diabetes (n = 35) | p |
Non-arrhythmic | 697 (61.5 %) | 470 (58.3 %) | 23 (65.7 %) | 0.302 |
Arrhythmic | 437 (38.5 %) | 336 (41.7 %) | 12 (34.3 %) |