Lupus Anticoagulant and Anticardiolipin Antibody IgG are Associated with Increased Atherosclerosis at the Suprainguinal Elastic and Infrainguinal Muscular Arteries in the Abdomen and Lower Extremities

Table 3 Comparison of the ADS among the participants with different numbers of positive aPLs

Arteries	Number of positive aPLs	Number of participants	Mean ± SD of ADS	p*
Suprainguinal elastic arteries	0	555	3.31 ± 2.37	0.193
	1	100	3.47 ± 2.52
	2	39	3.79 ± 2.22
	3	3	5.67 ± 1.16
Infrainguinal muscular arteries	0	555	2.40 ± 4.12	0.211
	1	100	3.00 ± 4.70
	2	39	2.62 ± 3.92
	3	3	6.33 ± 6.03

ADS atherosclerosis distribution score, aPLs antiphospholipid antibodies, SD standard deviation
*p, Kruskal–Wallis test

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