Older age at first diagnosis and male sex as risk factors for a higher mortality
| All | Not alive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | % | t | p | RR (95% CI) | |
| Multivariable Cox regression; *age adjusted, †sex adjusted. | ||||||
| t=years after diagnosis, when 25% of the patients have died. | ||||||
| All patients with SLE | 338 | 100 | 10 | 17.8 | ||
| Female | 291 | 86 | 8 | 19.7 | Ref. 1.0 | |
| Male | 47 | 14 | 23 | 10.4 | <0.0 01* | 3.5 (1.7 to 7.2) |
| Age at first diagnosis (years) | ||||||
| <25 | 96 | 28 | 2 | – | Ref. 1.0 | |
| 25–40 | 124 | 37 | 7 | 19.5 | 0.01† | 7.4 (1.5 to 36.1) |
| >40 | 118 | 35 | 20 | 10.4 | 0.0001† | 19.9 (4.4 to 90.2) |