Table 3 Cause-specific SMRs stratified by NTSCI etiological groups

From: All-cause and cause-specific mortality following non-traumatic spinal cord injury: evidence from a population-based cohort study in Switzerland

 

Cause of deatha

 

CVD

Infectionb

Neoplasm

Otherc

NTSCI etiology

Degenerative disc disorder

  Total

1.62 (1.13–2.32)

3.19 (1.72–5.92)

1.45 (0.91–2.30)

1.52 (0.94–2.44)

  Incomplete lesion

1.53 (1.05–2.21)

3.22 (1.73–5.99)

1.47 (0.93–2.34)

1.54 (0.96–2.47)

  Complete lesion

3.88 (1.46–10.35)

5.55 (0.78–39.38)

2.31 (0.58–9.24)

4.22 (1.36–13.08

Infection etiology

  Total

1.49 (0.67–3.33)

4.36 (1.41–13.51)

2.16 (0.97–4.81)

6.09 (3.67–10.11)

  Incomplete lesion

1.13 (0.42–3.02)

3.31 (0.83–13.24)

1.65 (0.62–4.39)

5.03 (2.79–9.09)

  Complete lesion

4.92 (1.85–13.10)

7.13 (1.00–50.62)

3.62 (0.90–14.47)

8.30 (3.12–22.13)

Vascular disorder

  Total

4.12 (3.20–5.32)

5.36 (3.11–9.22)

1.45 (0.88–2.41)

2.06 (1.30–3.26)

  Incomplete lesion

3.51 (2.60–4.73)

4.32 (2.25–8.31)

1.59 (0.94–2.68)

1.86 (1.10–3.13)

  Complete lesion

6.07 (3.87–9.51)

9.55 (3.97–22.94)

0.47 (0.07–3.32)

3.93 (1.87–8.25)

Benign tumor

  Total

0.51 (0.16–1.58)

–

3.77 (2.35–6.07)

–

  Incomplete lesion

–

–

3.63 (2.22–5.92)

–

  Complete lesion

–

–

4.23 (1.06–16.93)

–

Other etiology

    

  Total

4.18 (2.25–7.77)

–

1.60 (0.52–4.95)

7.31 (3.93–13.58)

  Incomplete lesion

4.64 (2.42–8.92)

–

1.89 (0.61–5.86)

7.10 (3.55–14.19)

  Complete lesion

3.43 (0.86–13.72)

–

2.69 (0.38–19.12)

9.88 (3.19–30.62)

  1. CVD cardiovascular diseases
  2. aCause of death are grouped into the most common categories
  3. bThe CoD “Infection” includes respiratory infections, urinary infections, septicemia, in addition to all other infectious disease (A00-B99)
  4. cAll other causes of death are grouped into the “other” category
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