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Causes of death within and after the first year of follow-up, respectively.
| <1 year | >1 year | ||||
| Cause of death | Primary cause | Contributing factor | Primary cause | Contributing factor | Total (%) |
| Vasculitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 (40) |
| Infection | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 16 (64) |
| Cardiovascular | |||||
| Cerebrovascular accident | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (8) |
| Pulmonary embolism | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) |
| Cardiomyopathy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (8) |
| Malignancy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 (20) |
| Kidney disease | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (8) |
| Unknown | 2 | 2 (8) | |||
