Objective To describe vascular events during an 8‐year followup in a multicenter systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) inception cohort and their attribution to atherosclerosis. Methods …

OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence and type of atherosclerotic vascular events (AVE)
occurring after entry to the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic; and to compare risk factors in …

Objective To examine the accumulation of risk factors over 3 years in a multicenter,
international inception cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods …

Objective The frequency of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke are increased in
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but the extent of the increase is uncertain. We sought …

Objective To determine the baseline (time 0) risk factors associated with the subsequent
occurrence of vascular events in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA [LUpus in MInorities …

Objective Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are significantly more likely to
experience a myocardial infarction or a stroke than age‐matched controls. We compared the …

Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been associated with an increased risk
of cardiovascular disease. However, prospective population‐based data addressing this …

Introduction Previous studies have shown that traditional risk factors such as
hypercholesterolemia and hypertension account for only a small proportion of the …

Among the clinical challenges of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), one of the most
compelling is the high incidence of atherosclerosis in young women. Initially noted in …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex multisystem disease characterized by
chronic inflammation, which may involve virtually every organ. Early in the twentieth century …