“…Five large cohort studies have shown hypercholesterolemia as a risk factor for CVD in SLE patients [ 98 , 103 , 125 – 127 ]. Our results confirm the role of dyslipidemia as an independent risk factor for CVD in LA patients with SLE [ 50 , 52 , 53 , 58 , 60 , 62 – 64 , 66 , 80 , 81 , 83 , 84 , 89 ]. For more details see Table 6 .…”