Open AccessEvaluation Of Risk Factors In Cardiovascular Patients With Diagnosis Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Author(s) -
Edienny Augusta Tocantins Viana Lobato,
Fernanda Araújo dos Santos,
Ana Rachel Koury Marinho,
Alvaro Alves dos Santos Neto,
Suzana Maria Klautau Ferreira,
Renan Dos Santos Cortinhas,
Giordana Pereira de Sousa,
Francisco De Almeida Teixeira Neto,
Vivianne de Paula Reis Guimarães,
Igor Batista Nascimento,
Caio Nogueira Oliveira,
Priscila Nathyelly dos Santos Graim,
Anderson Phelipe Dias Sabry Azar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international archives of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1755-7682
DOI - 10.3823/2590
Subject(s) - medicine , lupus nephritis , diabetes mellitus , observational study , rheumatology , nephritis , risk factor , ambulatory , disease , endocrinology
Title: Evaluation of risk factors in cardiovascular patients with diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Background: prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in lupic patients.This study aimed to evaluate the presence of cardiovascular risk factors in patients diagnosed with SLE in a Rheumatology Ambulatory, comparing groups with and without SLE nephritis. Methods: a quantitative, observational and cross-sectional study was carried out during the period from November 2016 to June 2017. 86 patients were interviewed using specific protocol. Conclusions: among the cardiovascular risk factors evaluated, systemic hypertension was more frequent in SLE patients (33.7%), followed by smoking (17.4%) and diabetes mellitus (5.8%). There was, however, no difference between the frequency of these comorbidities in the groups with and without lupus nephritis.
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