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Table 2 Causes of death of 38 patients died during a median of 18 years follow-up time of 139 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

From: Increased urine IgM excretion predicts cardiovascular events in patients with type 1 diabetes nephropathy

Cause

 

No. (M/F)

Cardiovascular

 

32 (14/18)

 

Cardiac arrest

8 (3/5)

 

MI

12 (5/7)

 

Heart failure

3 (2/1)

 

Stroke

9 (4/5)

Malignancy

 

2(0/2)

 

Lung cancer

1 (0/1)

 

Uterus cancer

1 (0/1)

Sepsis

 

2(0/2)

Acute hypoglycemia

 

1(1/0)

Suicide

 

1(0/1)

Total

 

38(15/23)

  1. Abbreviations: MI = Myocardial Infarction.