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Table 4 Treatment in SLE with MS group and SLE without MS group

From: Assessing the relation between systemic lupus erythematosus and metabolic syndrome in Syria: a cross-sectional study

Treatment

SLE patients without MS (N = 38 patients)

SLE patients with MS (N = 32 patients)

P- value

Steroids

35(92.1%)

32(%87.5)

0.695

Hydroxychloroquine

30(%78.9)

24(%75)

0.695

Cyclophosphamide

8(%21.1)

14(%43.8)

0.042*

Azathioprine

12(%31.6)

8(25%)

0.445

mycophenolate mophetil

10(%26.3)

10(%31.3)

0.649

Cyclosporine

3(%7.9)

4(12.5%)

0.695

  1. *; statically significant