Patients who died also were older, had higher incidence of peripheral vascular disease, dementia, and chronic pulmonary disease, and had elevated levels of HR, RR, WBC, INR, PT, creatinine, BUN, ALT, AST, ALP, CKMB, BNP, K+, Na+, Ca2+, Cl−, anion gap, glucose, and lactate. The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is dementia.