50% in 2012), the difference did not reach statistical significance.
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Trends in mortality and comorbidities in hemodialysis patients between 2012 and 2017 in an East-European Country: a retrospective study.
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Although CVD remains the leading cause of death, in the recent years, several studies showed a positive trend for non-CVD deaths [ 5 , 6 ] and a negative trend for CVD mortality in HD patients.
Cancer-related deaths in our cohort had an increasing trend, from 8.3% in 2012 to 13.2% in 2017.
Though a decreasing trend was registered (45.6% in 2017 of all causes of death vs. 50% in 2012), the difference did not reach statistical significance.