The effect of thymectomy on the risk of mortality, cancer, and MACE. (A) Panel A shows the 5-year relative risk of mortality, cancer, MACE (myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stroke), and MACE excluding patients with a previous history of CVD and ICA, among TMx as compared with control patients. (B-D) Kaplan-Meier curves for rates of mortality (B), cancer (C), and MACE (D) in 1071 TMx and 5355 control patients over 20 years after match. (E) Cox proportional hazard risk ratios of CVD, coronary artery bypass grafting, and percutaneous coronary intervention are illustrated, comparing 1071 TMx with 5355 control patients. HR, hazard ratio; ICA, infection, cancer, or autoimmunity; TMx, patients who had undergone thymectomy.
Figure 1.

The effect of thymectomy on the risk of mortality, cancer, and MACE. (A) Panel A shows the 5-year relative risk of mortality, cancer, MACE (myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stroke), and MACE excluding patients with a previous history of CVD and ICA, among TMx as compared with control patients. (B-D) Kaplan-Meier curves for rates of mortality (B), cancer (C), and MACE (D) in 1071 TMx and 5355 control patients over 20 years after match. (E) Cox proportional hazard risk ratios of CVD, coronary artery bypass grafting, and percutaneous coronary intervention are illustrated, comparing 1071 TMx with 5355 control patients. HR, hazard ratio; ICA, infection, cancer, or autoimmunity; TMx, patients who had undergone thymectomy.

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