Reports outline lupus research from Chinese University of Hong Kong

Scientists discuss in 'Increased arterial stiffness correlated with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus' new findings in lupus. According to recent research published in the journal Lupus, "To evaluate the relationships between arterial stiffness, disease activity and end-organ damage in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), non-invasive vascular assessments were made on 32 female SLE patients and 32 female normal controls. The patients had significantly increased brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (PWV) (13.06 ±1.79 vs. 11.50 ±1.00 m/s; p<0.001), heart-ankle PWV (8.98 ±1.16 vs. 7.88 ±0.73 m/s; p<0.001), carotid augmentation index (AI)...

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