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Onset age affects mortality and renal outcome of female systemic lupus erythematosus patients: a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan.
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Rheumatology . Jan2014, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p180-185. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Objective. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of disease onset age on mortality and renal survival in female SLE patients.Methods. This nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study used data from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. Female patients newly diagnosed with SLE from 2001 to 2004 were identified as the study cohort. A non-SLE group was matched for age, sex and initial diagnosis date (index date) as the comparison cohort. Co-morbidities, mortality rates and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) incidences were compared among SLE patients of different onset age. Hazard ratios with a 95% CI were determined by the Cox proportional hazard model to quantify the mortality rates and ESRD incidences. Juvenile-onset, adult-onset and late-onset SLE patients were categorized according to disease onset age: <18, 18–50 and >50 years old.Results. In total, 513 juvenile-onset, 3076 adult-onset and 764 late-onset SLE patients were identified. Compared with non-SLE controls, the hazard ratios of mortality were 6.49 (95% CI 3.73, 11.32, P < 0.001) for juvenile-onset, 1.75 (95% CI 1.47, 2.08, P < 0.001) for adult-onset and 3.44 (95% CI 2.76, 4.28, P < 0.001) for late-onset SLE patients. The hazard ratios of incident ESRD were 20.28 (95% CI 12.79, 32.15, P < 0.001) for adult-onset lupus patients and 1.99 (95% CI 1.36, 2.93, P < 0.001) for late-onset patients.Conclusion. Female patients with late-onset SLE carried a higher risk of mortality than those with adult-onset disease in the presence of co-morbidities. Juvenile-onset SLE patients were at greatest risk of mortality, which is probably due to disease severity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus
*LUPUS nephritis
*ACADEMIC medical centers
*AGE distribution
*CHRONIC kidney failure
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*STATISTICAL correlation
*DATABASES
*MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
*MORTALITY
*COMORBIDITY
*PROPORTIONAL hazards models
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*SEVERITY of illness index
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*PROGNOSIS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14620324
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Rheumatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 93063847
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ket330