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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Jan;71(1):134–141. doi: 10.1002/acr.23584

Table 2:

Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Thrombosis Risk Factors (upon registry entry) Among Persistently Antiphospholipid Antibody (aPL)-positive Patients, Stratified by Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Variables n (%) aPL only (n=426) aPL with SLE (n=197) p
Hypertension 118 (28%) 66 (34%) 0.14
Diabetes 22 (5%) 8 (4%) 0.55
Hyperlipidemia 103 (24%) 36 (18%) 0.1
Smoking ever 116 (27%) 49 (25%) 0.65
Current Smoking 40 (9%) 30 (15%) 0.03
Estrogen Use 3 (1%) 3 (2%) 0.54
Obesity 107 (25%) 59 (30%) 0.37
Family History of CVD 67 (16%) 21 (11%) 0.18
Sedentary Lifestyle 197 (46%) 94 (48%) 0.73