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. 2011 Nov 9;11:143. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-143

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Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival of 188 Chinese Han population patients with IIM, and stratified according to the type of myopathy. A. Survival curves of patients with IIM 1 year survival rate is 93.6%, 5 year survival rate is 88.7%, 10 year survival rate is 81.0%, 15 year survival rate is 73.6%, 20 year survival rate is 65.6%; B. Survival curves stratified according to the subtypes of IIM. C. Death number within entire follow-up period. The mortality of IIM patients in China was characterized with double hump-like shape. D. shows a plot of the total number of patients at follow-up time. > 20 indicate the time of follow-up is over 20 years.