Table 4.

Cause of death of the whole cohort of SLE patients.

Causes of death	0–5 years of onset	>5–10 years of onset	>10 years of onset
Number of deaths	N = 40	N = 17	N = 30
Infection	24 (60%)	8 (47%)	6 (20%)
Vascular	4 (10%)	2 (11.8%)	6 (20%)
Pulmonary hypertension	2 (5%)	2 (11.8%)	5 (16.7%)
Malignancy	3 (7.5%)	2 (11.8%)	5 (16.7%)
Sudden death without obvious causes	2 (5%)	3 (17.6%)	5 (16.7%)
Suicide	2 (5%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Refractory/uncontrolled SLE	3 (7.5%)	0 (0%)	1 (3.3%)
Pulmonary fibrosis	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (6.7%)

SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.