Fig. 4

Kaplan–Meier curves of first occurrence of organ damage since the index date (in patients without organ damage before index)

Kaplan–Meier curves represent the first occurrence of any organ damage in newly confirmed SLE diagnosis (N = 485) and comparator (N = 1761) patients without baseline organ involvement. The obvious significance of the differences is also confirmed by the log-rank test (p < 0.0001)

SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus