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All subjects received cytotoxic drugs. Survival was evaluated as a function of the main clinical and laboratory parameters and 2 disease activity scores assessed at diagnosis. Statistical analyses used the multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean followup was 4.5 years; 25 (27%) patients died. According to univariate analysis, a pejorative prognostic value was attributed to serum creatinine &gt;160 \u03bcmole\/liter (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001); age &gt;52 years (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.002); absence of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) involvement (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001); and hemoglobin \u226411.8 gm\/dl (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0.02). Multivariate analysis retained age &gt;52 years (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.40,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0.04) as an independent predictor of poor outcome, whereas the presence of ENT involvement was associated with a longer survival (HR = 0.31,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0.02).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our results suggest that an older age and the absence of ENT involvement at diagnosis independently predict an increased risk of mortality for WG patients. 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