Research Article
Cardiovascular Disease in Latin American Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Cross-Sectional Study and a Systematic Review
Table 2
Cardiovascular disease characteristics of 310 patients with SLE.
| | | % (/) |
| | Clinical manifestation | | | Cardiovascular disease | 36.5 (113/310) | | Hypertension | 25.2 (78/310) | | Stroke | 16.8 (52/310) | | Coronary disease | 2.6 (8/310) | | Thrombotic event | 1.6 (5/310) | | Carotid disease | 0.6 (2/310) |
| | Risk factors | | | Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 1.9 (6/309) | | Dyslipidemia | 18.1 (56/309) | | Ever smoking | 39.21 (120/306) | | 1 to 6 packages/year | 4.2 (13/306) | | 6 to 15 packages/year | 2.6 (8/306) | | More than 15 packages/year | 2.3 (7/306) | | Quitter | 30.1 (92/306) | | Coffee consumption | 61.5 (187/304) | | 1 to 2 cups/day | 30.9 (94/304) | | 2 to 4 cups/day | 22.7 (69/304) | | More than 4 cups/day | 7.9 (24/304) | | Never | 38.5 (117/304) |
| | Laboratories findings | | | Abnormal triglycerides | 34.3 (12/35) | | Abnormal total cholesterol | 44.4 (16/22) | | Abnormal high-density cholesterol | 58.8 (20/34) | | Abnormal low-density cholesterol | 33.3 (8/24) | | Abnormal glycemic | 25.7 (9/35) |
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