Table 5.

Intima-media thickness is greater in pSLE subjects with non-dipping BP

	Normal, N = 9	Non-dipping, N = 9	p value*
Common carotid (CCA-IMT)	0.466 (0.048)	0.525 (0.049)	0.020
SDS for age/sex†	1.6 (1.1)	3.0 (1.2)	0.015
Carotid bulb-IMT	0.438 (0.061)	0.511 (0.080)	0.047
Internal carotid (ICA-IMT)^	0.387 (0.039)	0.472 (0.081)	0.023
Mean cIMT (6 sites)^	0.423 (0.038)	0.488 (0.069)	0.042

*Comparison of absolute cIMT (mm) and standard deviation scores (SDS) by non-dipping status using Student’s t test

^†Standard deviation scores for age and sex derived from published references norms (Doyon et al.)

^Only n = 14 evaluable studies