TY - JOUR T1 - Predictive Factors for Low Ankle Brachial Index in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 2086 LP - 2086 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.140250 VL - 41 IS - 10 AU - TOMOYUKI KAWADA Y1 - 2014/10/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/41/10/2086.1.abstract N2 - To the Editor:The paper by Erdozain, et al1 described a cross-sectional study of 216 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Ankle brachial index (ABI) was used as a surrogate marker for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The number of patients with ABI under 0.9 was 46 (21.3%). In their multiple logistic regression analysis, age became a significant factor for low ABI. … Address correspondence to Dr. T. Kawada, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan. E-mail: kawada{at}nms.ac.jp ER -