Abstract | OBJECTIVES: METHODS: We studied 1930 SLE subjects, including Caucasians, African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanics. Data were derived from questionnaires and medical records. Documented history of thrombosis was the primary outcome. Explanatory variables included age at SLE diagnosis, gender, ethnicity, disease duration, smoking, antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) status, nephritis and specific medications. RESULTS: Smoking (OR 1.26, p = 0.011), longer disease duration (OR 1.26 per 5 years p = 0.027 x 10(-7)), nephritis (OR 1.35, p = 0.036), aPL positivity (OR 3.22, p<10(-9)) and immunomodulating medication use (OR 1.40, p = 0.011) were statistically significant risk factors for thrombosis. Younger age at SLE onset was protective (OR 0.52 for age </=20, p = 0.001). After adjusting for disease severity and incorporating propensity scores, hydroxychloroquine use remained significantly protective for thrombosis (OR 0.62, p = 4.91 x 10(-4)). CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms that older age at onset, longer disease duration, smoking, aPL positivity, history of nephritis and immunomodulating medication use are risk factors for thrombosis in SLE. These data are the first to confirm in a large and ethnically diverse SLE cohort that hydroxychloroquine use is protective for thrombosis.
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Authors | R Kaiser, C M Cleveland, L A Criswell |
Journal | Annals of the rheumatic diseases
(Ann Rheum Dis)
Vol. 68
Issue 2
Pg. 238-41
(Feb 2009)
ISSN: 1468-2060 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 18782792
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Hydroxychloroquine
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- California
(epidemiology)
- Child
- Female
- Humans
- Hydroxychloroquine
(therapeutic use)
- Immunosuppressive Agents
(adverse effects)
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
(complications, ethnology)
- Lupus Nephritis
(complications, ethnology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
- Sex Factors
- Smoking
(adverse effects, epidemiology)
- Thrombosis
(ethnology, etiology, prevention & control)
- Young Adult
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