Primary cause of death | Number of patients | Age at death, years | Age at SLE diagnosis, years | Disease duration at baseline, years |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiovascular mortality | 20 (48%) | 69 (± 11) | 43 (± 18) | 19 (± 14) |
Myocardial infarction | 10 | Â | Â | Â |
Congestive.heart failure | 7 | Â | Â | Â |
CVLcerebrovascular lesion | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Atherosclerosis | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Sudden death | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Non-vascular mortality | 18 | 57 (± 13) | 36 (± 13) | 15 (± 10) |
Infection | 5 (12%) | 46 (± 12) | 20 (± 6.8) | 16 (± 10) |
Sepsis | 3 | Â | Â | Â |
Pneumonia | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Perforation of esophagus | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Bleeding | 4 (10%) | 56 (± 16) | 32 (± 13) | 20 (± 9) |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 3 | Â | Â | Â |
Unknown | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Malignancy | 4 (10%) | 62 (± 6) | 37 (± 10) | 18 (± 9) |
Lung cancer | 2 | Â | Â | Â |
Colorectal cancer | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Squamous cell cancer | 1 | Â | Â | Â |
Suicide | 2 (5%) | 64 (± 3) | 51 (± 19) | 11 (± 13) |
Pulmonary disease (pneumothorax) | 1 (2%) | 54 | 46 | 6 |
Renal failure | 1 (2%) | 85 | 73 | 2 |
Hepatic failure (cirrhosis) | 1 (2%) | 67 | 54 | 2 |
Pulmonary hypertension | 4 (10%) | 41 (± 16) | 29 (± 13) | 10 (± 9) |
Total/Average | 42 | 62 (± 14) | 33 (± 13) | 13 (± 10) |