Survival and predictors of death among primary immunodeficient patients: a registry-based study.
OBJECTIVE
The aims of this study were to investigate survival among patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) in Kuwait and to determine whether certain variables were associated with increased risk of death.


METHODS
The data of 176 patients (98 males and 78 females) were extracted from the Kuwait National Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Registry and the observation period was from January 2004 to July 2011.


RESULTS
The distribution of the reported patients was combined T- and B-cell immunodeficiencies (30.1%), predominantly antibody immunodeficiency (19.9%), other well-defined immunodeficiencies (25%), diseases of immune dysregulation (14.8%), congenital defects of phagocyte number, function or both (6.25%), and complement deficiencies (4.0%). In a total of 619.1 patient-years at risk, 48 patients died (mortality incidence rate 77.53 per 1,000 person-years). The overall survival in the studied cohort was 72.7% (72.4% for males and 73.1% for females). The most common cause of death was sepsis (46%) followed by pneumonia (29%). The probabilities that a patient survived 2, 4, and 6 years after onset of symptoms were 76%, 73%, and 69%, respectively. The variables that were found to be predictors for death are parental consanguinity, sepsis, adenovirus and CMV infections, failure to thrive, PID category, and onset age <6 months.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with PID have decreased probabilities of survival that are variable between PID categories. Early diagnosis and aggressive therapeutic interventions specifically of patients with history of the variables associated with increased risk of death may help increase their chance of survival.
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, 24923 Safat, Zip code 13110, Kuwait, Kuwait. wemh@hotmail.com
Waleed
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Al-Herz
Mohamed A A
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Moussa
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000401:mortality*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries; D055815:Young Adult