Autoimmune thyroid disease in Colombian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and the predictive factors of autoimmune hypothyroidism (AH) within a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) cohort and to analyse the current information concerning the prevalence and impact of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and thyroid autoimmunity in patients with SLE.

Methods: A total of 376 patients with SLE were assessed for the presence of the following: (i) confirmed AH, (ii) positive thy-roperoxidase/thyroglobulin antibodies [TPOAb/TgAb] without hypothyroidism, (iii) nonautoimmune hypothyroidism and (iv) SLE patients with neither. Multivariate analysis and a classification and regression tree model were used to analyse data.

Cardiovascular disease in latin american patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional study and a systematic review.

Objective. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of and associated risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Latin American (LA) patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods.