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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 May;67(6):817–828. doi: 10.1002/acr.22502

Table 3. Standardized mortality ratios (SMR) among incident patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE).

SLE CLE
Observed no. deaths/Total number SMR (95% CI) Observed no. deaths/Total number SMR (95% CI)
Overall 6/45 2.6 (1.0, 5.6) 5/62 0.6 (0.2-1.4)
Age ≥ 50 years 6/14 3.3 (1.2, 7.1) 4/29 0.6 (0.2, 1.4)
Age < 50 years 0/31 -- 1/33 0.9 (0.02, 4.8)