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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) comprises 27 centres from 11 countries. An inception cohort of 918 SLE patients has been assembled according to a standardized protocol between 2000 and 2006. Clinical features, classic coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors, as well as other potential risk factors were collected. Of the 918 patients 89% were females, and of multi racial origin. Less than half the patients were living in a permanent relationship, 58% had post secondary education and 51% were employed. Eight percent had family history of SLE. At enrolment, with at mean age of diagnosis of 34.5 years, a significant number of patients already had CAD risk factors, such as hypertension (33%) and hypercholesterolemia (36%). Only 15% of the patients were postmenopausal, 16% were current smokers and 3.6% had diabetes at entry to the SLICC-RAS (Registry for Atherosclerosis). A number of patients in this multi-racial, multi-ethnic inception cohort of lupus patients have classic CAD risk factors within a mean of 5.4 months from diagnosis. This cohort will be increased to 1500 patients to be followed yearly for 10 years. This will provide a unique opportunity to evaluate risk factors for accelerated atherosclerosis in SLE.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0961-2033
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AlarconGG, pubmed-author:AranowCC, pubmed-author:BanZZ, pubmed-author:BernatskySS, pubmed-author:BruceII, pubmed-author:BuyonJJ, pubmed-author:ClarkeAA, pubmed-author:DooleyM AMA, pubmed-author:FontJJ, pubmed-author:FortinPP, pubmed-author:GinzlerEE, pubmed-author:GladmanDD, pubmed-author:GordonCC, pubmed-author:HanlyJJ, pubmed-author:IbañezDD, pubmed-author:IsenbergDD, pubmed-author:KalunianKK, pubmed-author:KhamashtaMM, pubmed-author:MaddisonPP, pubmed-author:ManziSS, pubmed-author:MerrillJJ, pubmed-author:NivedOO, pubmed-author:PetriMM, pubmed-author:Ramsey-GoldmanRR, pubmed-author:Sanchez-GuerreroJJ, pubmed-author:SteinssonKK, pubmed-author:StolpHH, pubmed-author:SturfeltGG, pubmed-author:UrowitzM BMB, pubmed-author:WallaceDD, pubmed-author:ZomaAA, pubmed-author:van VollenhovenRR
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
731-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical manifestations and coronary artery disease risk factors at diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus: data from an international inception cohort.
pubmed:affiliation
SLICC Registry for Atherosclerosis Coordinating Centre, University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study