Table 3.

Causes of death within 10 years of onset of SLE.

Cause of death	Group 1	Group 2	P
	Number (%)
Infection	18 (56.3)	14 (56.0)	0.99
*Vascular	5 (15.6)	1 (4.0)	0.22
Pulmonary hypertension	1 (3.1)	3 (12.0)	0.31
Malignancy	2 (6.3)	3 (12.0)	0.65
Refractory and uncontrolled SLE	2 (6.3)	1 (4.0)	1.00
Suicide	1 (3.1)	1 (4.0)	1.00
Sudden death without obvious causes	3 (9.4)	2 (8.0)	1.00
Total	32 (100)	25 (100)	0.005

^*Included cerebrovascular accident, acute coronary syndrome, and aortic dissection.