Research Article
Mortality in Elderly Patients Taking Furosemide: Prospective Cohorts Study
Table 2
Total number of deaths and causes of death.
| | | Total (686) | No furosemide (n = 630) | Furosemide (n = 56) |
| | Total | 226 (32.9%) | 188 (29.8%) | 38 (67.9%) | | Stroke | 28 (4.1%) | 25 (15.2%) | 3 (8.3%) | | Cardiovascular | 41 (6.0%) | 31 (19.3%) | 10 (27.7%) | | Respiratory | 25 (3.6%) | 19 (11.8%) | 6 (16.6%) | | Digestive system | 5 (0.7%) | 3 (1.9%) | 2 (5.6%) | | Renal | 4 (0.6%) | 3 (1.9%) | 1 (2.8%) | | Neoplasm | 42 (6.1%) | 36 (22.4%) | 6 (16.7%) | | Dementia | 11 (1.6%) | 9 (5.6%) | 2 (5.6%) | | Other | 41 (6.0%) | 35 (22.7%) | 6 (16.7%) |
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Numbers in bold mean statistical significance (<0.001).
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