Table 1

Charactistics and cause of death

Young patients
Old non-hypertensive pat.
Old hypertensive patients

No
Age
Cause of death
Sex
No
Age
Cause of death
Sex
No
Age
Cause of death
Sex
1
40
Bronchial carcinoma
f
12
68
Lung embolism
f
20
81
Gastric hemorrhage
f
2
37
Malignant melanoma
f
13
67
Lymphoma
F
21
70
Pneumonia
f
3
27
Lung embolism
f
14
82
Mamma-carcinoma
f
22
77
Peritonitis
f
4
42
Leukemia
f
15
71
Lymphoma
F
23
74
Resp. insufficiency
m
5
34
HIV
f
16
77
Liver cirrhosis
f
24
72
Bypass surgery
m
6
40
Bronchial carcinoma
f
17
72
Heart-lung insuff.
m
25
74
Hepatorenal syndr.
m
7
30
Aplastic anemia
f
18
74
Sigmoid-carcinoma
m
26
76
Sigmoid-carcinoma
f
8
47
Leukemia
m
19
74
Stomach-carcinoma
m
27
73
Plasmacytoma
f
9
44
Aortic aneurysm
m








10
49
Hodgkin' disease
m








11
37
Leukemia
f









Uspenskaia et al. BMC Neuroscience 2004 5:37   doi:10.1186/1471-2202-5-37