Exclusive: ACR Convergence 2024| Focus Rheums

An official publication of the ACR and the ARP serving rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals

Articles tagged with "death rate"

Study Reveals Lupus Is a Leading Cause of Death in U.S. Women

Kimberly J. Retzlaff  |  

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a leading cause of death among young women, according to an August 2018 study in Arthritis & Rheumatology.1 To help determine where SLE ranks among causes of death, Eric Y. Yen, MD, and Ram Raj Singh, MD, conducted a population-based study using nationwide mortality counts for all female residents of…

A 46-Year Study Traces the Lupus Death Rate from 1968–2013

  |  

A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine in December 2017 looked at trends in lupus mortality over a 46-year period. The researchers say they set out to close some knowledge gaps. “There [was] a knowledge gap relating to the large differences we see in death rates from one study to another, which could have…