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

NPSLE: neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging. Significant values are shown in bold typeface.