Table 2.

Prevalence of vascular events among SLE patients with antiphospholipid antibodies based on homocysteine levels

Abnormal Homocysteine >15 umol/LNormal HomocysteineP value
N (%)N (%)
Superficial Thrombosis4 (2.41)12 (2.96)0.7176
Deep vein thrombosis37 (22.29)58 (14.36)0.0257
Stroke17 (10.24)30 (7.41)0.3139
Myocardial infarction13 (7.83)11 (2.72)0.0099
Digital Gangrene4 (2.41)8 (1.98)0.7523