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. 2020 Oct 6;7(1):e000423. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2020-000423

Table 1.

Characteristics from aPL-positive patients who experienced a thrombosis during cohort participation*

Patient characteristics aCL IgG
(n=34)
aCL IgM
(n=35)
aCL IgA
(n=8)
Lupus anticoagulant
(n=35)
Age at time of thrombosis (years)
 <30 5 (15%) 3 (9%) 0 (0%) 7 (20%)
 30–44 14 (41%) 11 (31%) 4 (50%) 13 (37%)
 45–59 9 (26%) 16 (46%) 2 (25%) 10 (29%)
 60+ 6 (18%) 5 (14%) 2 (25%) 5 (14%)
Year at time of thrombosis
 2000–2009 22 (65%) 21 (60%) 5 (63%) 22 (63%)
 2010–2018 12 (35%) 14 (40%) 3 (37%) 13 (37%)
Number of prethrombosis aPL measures
 2–4 3 (9%) 2 (6%) 1 (13%) 2 (6%)
 5–9 6 (18%) 4 (11%) 1 (13%) 6 (17%)
 10+ 25 (74%) 29 (83%) 6 (75%) 27 (77%)
Proportion of prethrombosis aPL measures that were positive
 <25% 14 (41%) 17 (49%) 3 (38%) 9 (26%)
 25%–49% 3 (9%) 7 (20%) 1 (13%) 8 (23%)
 50%–74% 7 (21%) 4 (11%) 1 (13%) 7 (20%)
 75%–99% 7 (21%) 4 (11%) 1 (13%) 4 (11%)
 100% 3 (9%) 3 (9%) 2 (25%) 7 (20%)
Type of thrombosis
 Stroke 10 (29%) 8 (23%) 3 (38%) 8 (23%)
 Myocardial infarction 3 (9%) 5 (14%) 2 (25%) 6 (17%)
 Other arterial thrombosis 9 (26%) 9 (26%) 0 (0%) 8 (23%)
 Digital gangrene 0 (0%) 2 (6%) 0 (0%) 1 (3%)
 Deep vein thrombosis 11 (32%) 10 (29%) 2 (25%) 9 (26%)
 Other venous thrombosis 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 1 (13%) 3 (9%)
Number of post-thrombosis aPL measures
 1–4 1 (3%) 3 (9%) 1 (13%) 4 (11%)
 5–9 9 (26%) 4 (11%) 2 (25%) 9 (26%)
 10+ 24 (71%) 28 (80%) 5 (63%) 22 (63%)
Proportion of post-thrombosis aPL measures that were positive
 0% 14 (41%) 18 (51%) 4 (50%) 7 (20%)
 <25% 6 (18%) 4 (11%) 0 (0%) 2 (6%)
 25%–49% 5 (15%) 5 (14%) 0 (0%) 6 (17%)
 50%–74% 4 (12%) 3 (9%) 1 (13%) 7 (20%)
 75%+ 3 (9%) 3 (9%) 1 (13%) 8 (23%)
 100% 2 (6%) 2 (6%) 2 (25%) 5 (14%)

*This consists of those patients with at least two positive aPL tests before thrombosis. Some patients can appear in more than one column.

aCL, anticardiolipin; aPL, antiphospholipid.