Dokumentenart: | Artikel | ||||
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Titel eines Journals oder einer Zeitschrift: | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | ||||
Verlag: | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | ||||
Ort der Veröffentlichung: | LONDON | ||||
Band: | 69 | ||||
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels: | 10 | ||||
Seitenbereich: | S. 1809-1815 | ||||
Datum: | 2010 | ||||
Institutionen: | Medizin > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I | ||||
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Stichwörter / Keywords: | AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC-DISEASES; INTERSTITIAL LUNG-DISEASE; POPULATION-BASED COHORT; PULMONARY-FIBROSIS; SURVIVAL; MORTALITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MANIFESTATIONS; HYPERTENSION; ACCURACY; | ||||
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin | ||||
Status: | Veröffentlicht | ||||
Begutachtet: | Ja, diese Version wurde begutachtet | ||||
An der Universität Regensburg entstanden: | Ja | ||||
Dokumenten-ID: | 65681 |
Zusammenfassung
Objectives To determine the causes and predictors of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Patients with SSc (n=5860) fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria and prospectively followed in the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) cohort were analysed. EUSTAR centres completed a structured questionnaire on cause of death and comorbidities. Kaplan-Meier and Cox ...
Zusammenfassung
Objectives To determine the causes and predictors of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Patients with SSc (n=5860) fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria and prospectively followed in the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) cohort were analysed. EUSTAR centres completed a structured questionnaire on cause of death and comorbidities. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models were used to analyse survival in SSc subgroups and to identify predictors of mortality. Results Questionnaires were obtained on 234 of 284 fatalities. 55% of deaths were attributed directly to SSc and 41% to non-SSc causes; in 4% the cause of death was not assigned. Of the SSc-related deaths, 35% were attributed to pulmonary fibrosis, 26% to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and 26% to cardiac causes (mainly heart failure and arrhythmias). Among the non-SSc-related causes, infections (33%) and malignancies (31%) were followed by cardiovascular causes (29%). Of the non-SSc-related fatalities, 25% died of causes in which SSc-related complications may have participated (pneumonia, sepsis and gastrointestinal haemorrhage). Independent risk factors for mortality and their HR were: proteinuria (HR 3.34), the presence of PAH based on echocardiography (HR 2.02), pulmonary restriction (forced vital capacity below 80% of normal, HR 1.64), dyspnoea above New York Heart Association class II (HR 1.61), diffusing capacity of the lung (HR 1.20 per 10% decrease), patient age at onset of Raynaud's phenomenon (HR 1.30 per 10 years) and the modified Rodnan skin score (HR 1.20 per 10 score points). Conclusion Disease-related causes, in particular pulmonary fibrosis, PAH and cardiac causes, accounted for the majority of deaths in SSc.
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