Persistence of antimalarial therapy and its effect on mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus: A population-based longitudinal multistate study

Kai Zhao, Bocheng Jing, Bingfan Liu, Aosen Cheer, Antonio Aviña-Zubieta, Hui Xie, Department of Statistics, Arthritis Research Canada, British Columbia, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Lord Byng Secondary School, British Columbia, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

Lupus: An International Journal

Published online on July 31, 2026

Abstract

Lupus, Ahead of Print.
ObjectiveExamine patients’ Antimalarials (AM) use history and identify determinants of transitions among AM persistence, discontinuation, and death in a population-based incident cohort of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) patients receiving AM.MethodsWe ...