These associations remained marginally significant when adjusting for important CVD risk factors including ESRD, smoking, average prednisone dose, BMI>25, and hypertension; however, the association did not meet a more stringent significance level after adjusting for multiple comparisons (OR 3.5; 95% CI 1.0–11.9; p = 0.046).
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Apolipoprotein L1 risk variants associate with prevalent atherosclerotic disease in African American systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
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Though the differences did not achieve statistical significance, the 2-risk-allele group showed a trend towards lower eGFR, compared to patients with zero or one risk alleles.