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Table 1 Recurrent thrombosis in the patients with antiphospholipid antibodies

From: Controversies in the antiphospholipid syndrome: can we ever stop warfarin?

Study design

N

Mean age

Years

Entry criteria

Patient Characteristics

Mean Follow up

Years

Patients with recurrent events

No. (%)

Number of recurrent events

All (arterial/venous)

Reference

Retrospective

70

48W

22M

45.5 ± 17.3

aPL (aCL/LA) + arterial/venous thrombosis (1st event)

PAPS 51

SLE 14

ITP 5

5.2

37/70 (53%)

54

Rosove MH et al. Ann Intern Med 1992

Retrospective

19

16W

3M

26

(15–40)

aPL (aCL/LA) + venous thrombosis (1st event)

PAPS 1

SLE 12

Lupus like 6

8

12/19 (63%)

37 (3/34)

Derksen R et al. Ann Rheum Dis 1993

Retrospective

147

124W

23M

32

(14–66)

aPL (aCL/LA) + arterial/venous thrombosis (1st event)

PAPS 62

SLE 66

Lupus like 19

7

101/147 (69%)

186 (75/111)

Khamashta M et al. N Eng J Med 1995

Prospective

360

242W

118M

39

(2–78)

aPL (aCL/LA) (117 aPL pt with previous arterial/venous thrombosis)

SLE 69

Lupus like 66

4

25/117 (21.3%)

25

Finazzi G et al. Am J Med 1996

Prospective

412

181W

231M

60.2

Venous thrombosis (1st event) allocated 6 months warfarin

-

4

20/68 aCL+ (29%)

47/344 aCL- (14%)

67 (-/67)

Schulman S et al. Am J Med 1998

Prospective

56

48W

8M

37 ± 10

APS (aPL + thrombosis and/or fetal loss)

(43 patients with previous arterial/venous thrombosis)

PAPS only

5

14/43 (32.5)

16 (10/6)

Turiel M et al. Stroke 2005

  1. W – women; M – men; aPL – antiphospholipid antibodies; aCL – anticardiolipin antibodies; LA – lupus anticoagulant; PAPS – primary antiphospholipid syndrome; SLE – systemic lupus erytematosus; Lupus like – Lupus like disease; ITP – chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.