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Figure 1. Kaplan-Meier comparison of hospitalized pediatric patients with ESRD.
Pediatric patients with SLE had a two-fold higher risk of death compared to pediatric patients with other causes of ESRD; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; ESRD: end-stage renal disease.