Table 2.

Leading causes of death in patients surviving a first episode of iTTP and the general US population

iTTP survivors (n = 29)General US population (2017, CDC)
Relapsed iTTP (27.6%) Cardiovascular disease (29.5%) 
Cardiovascular disease (27.6%) Cancer (21.3%) 
Cancer (20.7%) Accidents (6%) 
Infectious causes (13.8%) Chronic lung disease (5.7%) 
Other/unknown (10.3%) Alzheimer disease (4.3) 
 Infectious causes (3.5%) 
 Diabetes (3%) 
 Renal disease (1.8%) 
 Intentional self-harm (1.8%) 
 Cirrhosis (1.5%) 
 Parkinson disease (1.1%) 
 Pneumonitis (0.7%) 
 All other causes (20%) 
iTTP survivors (n = 29)General US population (2017, CDC)
Relapsed iTTP (27.6%) Cardiovascular disease (29.5%) 
Cardiovascular disease (27.6%) Cancer (21.3%) 
Cancer (20.7%) Accidents (6%) 
Infectious causes (13.8%) Chronic lung disease (5.7%) 
Other/unknown (10.3%) Alzheimer disease (4.3) 
 Infectious causes (3.5%) 
 Diabetes (3%) 
 Renal disease (1.8%) 
 Intentional self-harm (1.8%) 
 Cirrhosis (1.5%) 
 Parkinson disease (1.1%) 
 Pneumonitis (0.7%) 
 All other causes (20%) 

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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