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From: Reappraisal of the incidence, various types and risk factors of malignancies in patients with dermatomyositis and polymyositis in Taiwan

Figure 2

Kaplan–Meier analysis of the malignancy cumulative incidence probability in patients with DM and PM stratified by age, sex and CPK results. Panels (A)–(C) show the malignancy cumulative incidence probability stratified by age, sex and CPK results in patients with DM. Age (≥ 45 years old) showed a significantly higher malignancy incidence (log rank p = 0.001). Panels (D)–(F) show the malignancy cumulative incidence probability stratified by age, sex and CPK results in patients with PM. Male patients had a significantly higher malignancy incidence (log rank p = 0.001). Although the CPK results did not show significant differences based on Kaplan–Meier analyses in patients with DM and PM, there were significant group differences in multivariate Cox regression models (all p < 0.05).

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