title: Autoantibodies, mortality and ageing.
abstract: Immunological failure may be the cause of predisposition to certain infections, neoplasms, and vascular diseases in adulthood. Mortality risks through life may reflect an undetermined number of causes. This study describes the prevalence of positivity of autoantibodies through life, along with general and specific mortality causes in three countries with different socioeconomic development (Guatemala, Mexico and the United States). Prevalence of autoantibodies by age was obtained from previous reports. In spite of having involved different ethnic groups, the observed trends in prevalence of autoantibodies, as well as mortality through life, showed a similar behavior. Thus, both the increase in autoantibody production and death risk as age rises, may share physiopathological phenomena related to the ageing process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Tlalpan, México.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Richaud-Patin
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Villa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology*; D000569:Americas / Q000453:epidemiology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies