Factors predictive of thrombotic events in LUMINA, a multi-ethnic cohort of SLE patients (LXXII)

Abstract

Age, poverty, smoking, damage accrual, aPL and higher doses of glucocorticoids were independently associated with a shorter time to the first thrombotic event; health insurance had a protective effect. Acting upon modifiable risk factors at the personal (smoking, high-dose glucocorticoids) and societal (poverty, health insurance) levels may prevent these events and improve the long-term outcome of SLE patients.