Increased Incidence of Resistant Hypertension in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Jocelyn S GandelmanOmair A KhanMegan M ShueyJacquelyn E NealElizabeth McNeerAlyson DicksonApril BarnadoLi WangPrathima AnandiWilliam D DupontC Michael SteinCecilia P ChungPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2020)
Patients with SLE have a higher risk of RHTN compared to frequency-matched controls, independent of multiple covariates. RHTN is an important comorbidity for clinicians to recognize in SLE, because it is associated with a higher risk of mortality.