Factors Associated to Survival in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Authors

  • Ana Del Carmen Arguelles Zayas Hospital Clinico Quirurgico Hermanos Amejeiras
  • Ángel Chacón Caveros
  • Araceli Chico Capote
  • Adalberto Luis Infante Amorós
  • Nelsa Casas Figueredo
  • Miguel Hernán Estévez del Toro

Keywords:

polymyositis, dermatomyositis, survival.

Abstract

Introduction: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are systemic and autoimmune diseases, characterized by presenting proximal weakness, they are classified into dermatomyositis and polymyositis.

Objective: To estimate the survival of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

Methods: An observational, longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out in the rheumatology service of Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras, in the period from April 2005 to July 2020. The sample consisted of 104 patients with a diagnosis of adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies who attended the protocolized consultation and met the selection criteria. Demographic, clinical and morbimortality variables were collected.

Results: 83.7 % corresponded to female sex, the delay time to diagnosis of polymyositis was 15 months and, in dermatomyositis, 8 months. The mean age of the deceased was 53 years. The deceased were older in the first four years related to disease activity.

Conclusions: Female sex, white skin color, urban origin and the dermatomyositis type predominated. Survival curves showed higher lethality for polymyositis and active disease. The presence of neoplasia in dermatomyositis multiplies the risk rate of death 35 times more than for those who do not present it. The causes of death were cardiovascular, neoplastic and infectious.


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Author Biography

Ana Del Carmen Arguelles Zayas, Hospital Clinico Quirurgico Hermanos Amejeiras

Servicio de Reumatologia Profesora auxiliar e investigadora auxiliar

Published

2024-12-29

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Arguelles Zayas ADC, Chacón Caveros Ángel, Chico Capote A, Infante Amorós AL, Casas Figueredo N, Estévez del Toro MH. Factors Associated to Survival in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies. Rev cuba med gen integr [Internet]. 2024 Dec. 29 [cited 2025 Apr. 19];40(1). Available from: https://revmgi.sld.cu/index.php/mgi/article/view/3164

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES