Research Article
Clinical Features and Outcomes of Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in China
Table 6
Prognostic analysis of neuroimaging results of NPSLE patients.
| Risk factor | Dead group (), (%) | Survival group (), (%) | | |
| Abnormal MRI | 3 (60.0%) | 47 (61.0%) | 0.006 | 0.936 | Inflammatory lesions | 1 (20.0%) | 2 (2.6%) | 5.516 | 0.019 | Large vessel disease | 1 (20.0%) | 2 (2.6%) | 4.512 | 0.034 | Small vessel disease | 1 (20.0%) | 43 (55.8%) | 2.453 | 0.117 | White matter hyperintensities | 2 (40.0%) | 37 (48.1%) | 0.129 | 0.720 | Lacunes | 0 (0) | 3 (3.9%) | 0.196 | 0.658 | Subcutaneous infarction | 1 (20.0%) | 6 (7.8%) | 0.919 | 0.338 | Microbleeds | 0 (0) | 6 (7.8%) | 0.408 | 0.523 | Brain atrophy | 1 (20.0%) | 18 (23.4%) | 0.040 | 0.841 |
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NPSLE: neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging. Significant values are shown in bold typeface. |