Research Article
Serum Interleukin-23 in Polish Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Association with Lupus Nephritis, Obesity, and Peripheral Vascular Disease
Table 4
Classical atherosclerotic risk factors in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and healthy controls.
| Risk factor | Systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Mean ± SD Median (Q1, Q3) | Healthy controls
Mean ± SD Median (Q1, Q3) |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 218.5 ± 59.8 | 229.3 ± 41.3 | LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 129.1 ± 47.7 | 139.3 ± 34.3 | HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 58.9 ± 24.5 | 61.3 ± 9.9 | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 150.0 ± 91.2 | 143.7 ± 73.3 | Hypertension, n (%) | 37 (39.3%) | 3 (11.1%) | BMI | 25.5 ± 4.9 | 24.5 ± 3.4 | Smoking habits, n (%) | 31 (33.0%) | 12 (44.4%) | Diabetes, n (%) | 11 (11.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | Oral contraceptive use, n (%) | 4/82 (4.9%) | 5/21 (23.8%) | Family history of cardiovascular disease, n (%) | 4 (4.3%) | 4 (14.8%) |
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LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; BMI: body mass index.
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