[An analysis of the survival of 120 male patients with systemic lupus erythematosus].
The aim of the study was to evaluate survival rates and causes of death of a large group of male patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The group consisted of 120 patients with evident SLE that were observed at the Institute of Reanimatology from 1976 to 1989; the mean age was 31.3 years; the mean age for the disease onset was 29.6 years; the mean follow-up duration was 9.1 years. The survival pattern was obtained with the method of the life table analysis. Maximum lethality was observed during the first years of the disease: in 1-4 years 11 patients died, in 5-6 years--6 patients, and in 8-12 years--7 patients; 27 patients died during the follow-up period, 17--died of lupus nephritis, 4--of neurological involvement, one patient--of heart insufficiency, one--of lung tuberculosis, one--of ischemic heart disease, one--of amyloidosis, one--of sepsis and one patient died of chronic lung insufficiency.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate; D014586:USSR
Analiz vyzhivaemosti 120 muzhin, bol'nykh sistemnoĭ krasnoĭ volchankoĭ.