In total the intensity profiles for 32 slow deaths (16 blebbinon-blebbingebbing) and 16 fast deaths were analyzed.
Deaths were analyzed for all causes, cancer (ICD-9 codes 140 208, e.g., lung cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer), and cardiovascular disease (ICD-9 codes 390 448, e.g., ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, hypertension).
These deaths were analyzed separately.
In-hospital and out-of-hospital deaths were analyzed separately.
A total of 2704 male deaths were analyzed.
Three categories of deaths were analyzed: total nonaccidental; cardiovascular; and cardiovascular plus respiratory.
The causes of deaths were analyzed with respect to the clinical aspect of the patients, laboratory tests, and imaging data.
Where stillbirth outcomes were defined, we included these as the primary outcomes, whereas in others instances where disaggregated data were not available, perinatal deaths were analyzed.
Deaths were analyzed for all-cause and cardiovascular causes (ICD-10: I00-I99), neoplasms (ICD-10: C00-C97), and respiratory causes (ICD-10: J00-J99).
Proportional data from the hut trial (exophily, blood-feeding, deaths) were analyzed by using logistic regression (STATA 6 software, Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA).
