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Nephritis and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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PMID:  20483044     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
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BACKGROUNDS: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We examined if nephritis or other clinical manifestations of SLE identified patients at increased risk.
METHODS: In this population-based case-control study, we identified patients with SLE hospitalized with an AMI in California in 1996-2000. We compared the frequency of six manifestations of SLE (nephritis, pleuritis, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, psychosis/major depression, seizures) and of venous thrombosis/pulmonary embolism, in this group (n=535) to the frequency of these manifestations in two control groups: patients with SLE hospitalised for pulmonary disease (n=529), and patients with SLE hospitalised for gastrointestinal bleeding (n=349).
RESULTS: Nephritis was present in 23.7% of patients with AMI, 11.0% of patients with pulmonary disease and 25.2% of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding. In adjusted analyses, nephritis was more common in the AMI group (odds ratio (OR) 2.85, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.97-4.14; p<.0001) than in the pulmonary disease control group. Among women, nephritis was more common in the AMI group (OR 2.83; 95% CI 1.33-6.01; p=0.007) than in the gastrointestinal bleeding control group. Psychosis/major depression was less common among patients with AMI.
CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with SLE, nephritis was associated with 2.8-fold increased risk of AMI.
Authors:
D K Wells; M M Ward
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural     Date:  2010-05-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical and experimental rheumatology     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0392-856X     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Exp. Rheumatol.     Publication Date:    2010 Mar-Apr
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-20     Completed Date:  2010-08-23     Revised Date:  2011-07-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8308521     Medline TA:  Clin Exp Rheumatol     Country:  Italy    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  223-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Anemia, Hemolytic / epidemiology
California / epidemiology
Case-Control Studies
Databases, Factual
Depressive Disorder, Major / epidemiology
Epilepsy / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Lupus Nephritis / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
Pleurisy / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Thrombocytopenia / epidemiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
ZIA AR041153-05/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS
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