Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort: XXXIV. Deficient mannose‐binding lectin exon 1 polymorphisms are associated with cerebrovascular but not with other arterial thrombotic events

Abstract

Age, smoking, and measures of activity and damage were associated with arterial thrombotic events in patients with SLE, but MBL-deficient genotypes were not, with cerebrovascular events in Caucasians being the exception. The relationship between MBL-variant alleles and arterial thrombotic events may exist only within select ethnic groups and event types.