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Table 3 Summary of vascular outcome measures in pSLE subjects

From: Nocturnal blood pressure dipping as a marker of endothelial function and subclinical atherosclerosis in pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

 

n

Mean

SD

Abnormal, n (%)

lnRHI*

18

0.74

0.24

4 (22%)

PWV, m/s

20

4.81

0.93

 

 PWV SDS for age/sex‡

20

− 0.75

1.29

1 (5%)

Augmentation index, %

20

0.9

13.7

 

CCA-IMT, mm

20

0.500

0.056

 

 CCA-IMT SDS for age/sex†

20

2.36

1.26

12 (60%)

  1. *Reactive hyperemia index; lnRHI ≤ 0.51 was considered abnormal; waveforms were uninterpretable in 2 subjects
  2. ‡Pulse wave velocity standard deviation scores for age and sex derived from published reference norms; SDS > 2.0 was considered abnormal
  3. †Common carotid intima-media thickness standard deviation scores derived from published references norms; SDS > 2.0 was considered abnormal
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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