Table 1.

Antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombosis: main details of articles found

ReferenceNo. of patients and enrollment criteriaNo. of controlsTests for lupus anticoagulantsAnticardiolipin
isotypes and cutoffs
Case-control studies     
 Finazzi et al14 70, cerebral stroke 140 aPTT, KCT, dRVVT, PL neutralization > 10 GPL/MPL (ie, > 5 SD)  
 Barbui et al15 76, deep vein thrombosis 190 aPTT, KCT, dRVVT, PL neutralization > 10 GPL/MPL (ie, > 5 SD)  
 Stegnar et al16 118, deep vein thrombosis 147 Not done G, M > 4 SD  
 Hess et al17 110, cerebral stroke 122 Not done > 10 GPL/MPL  
 Ginsburg et al18 100, cerebral stroke 100 Not done > 1 GPL  
 Ginsburg et al18 90, deep vein thrombosis 90 Not done > 1 GPL  
 APASS Group19 248, cerebral stroke 255 Not done > 10 GPL/MPL  
 Camerlingo et al20 100, cerebral stroke 100 Not done ≥ 10 GPL  
 Vaarala et al21 133, myocardial infarction 133 Not done G, tertile and quartile  
 Zuckerman et al22 124, myocardial infarction 76 Not done > 10 GPL, 8 MPL (ie, > 2 SD)  
 Wu et al23 119, myocardial infarction 138 Not done G, M, A (> 2 SD) 
 Tuhrim et al24 524, cerebral stroke 1024 Not done ≥ 23 GPL, ≥ 11 MPL  
Cross-sectional studies     
 Bongard et al25 107, deep vein thrombosis 186 Not done > 5 GPL, > 3 MPL  
 Simioni et al26 59, deep vein thrombosis 117 Not specified Not done  
 Oger et al27 110, deep vein thrombosis 98 Not done G, M > 95th percentile 
Ambispective studies     
 Nencini et al28 55, cerebral stroke 56 TTI > 20 GPL/MPL 
 Ginsberg et al29 65, deep vein thrombosis 179 aPTT, dRVVT, DPT, HexII PE 30 GPL (ie, > 3 SD) 
Prospective studies     
 Levine et al30 81, anticardiolipin-positive and cerebral stroke — aPTT, KCT, dRVVT, TTI, PNP > 10 GPL or > 7.5 MPL  
 Abu-Shakra et al31 390, systemic lupus erythematosus — aPTT > 24 GPL  
 Prandoni et al32 21, lupus anticoagulants-positive and
deep vein thrombosis 
— Not specified Not specified 
 Finazzi et al33 360, antiphospholipid-positive — aPTT, KCT, dRVVT, TTI, PNP > 10 GPL/MPL  
 Petri et al34 337, systemic lupus erythematosus — dRVVT, RCT G, not specified 
 Levine et al35 132, anticardiolipin-positive and cerebral stroke — Not done > 10 GPL  
 Rance et al36 153, deep vein thrombosis — Not specified Not specified 
 Schulman et al37 412, deep vein thrombosis — Not done > 5 GPL  
 De Bandt et al38 90, systemic lupus erythematosus — aPTT, Rossner index, PL neutralization > 25 GPL (ie, 3 SD) 
ReferenceNo. of patients and enrollment criteriaNo. of controlsTests for lupus anticoagulantsAnticardiolipin
isotypes and cutoffs
Case-control studies     
 Finazzi et al14 70, cerebral stroke 140 aPTT, KCT, dRVVT, PL neutralization > 10 GPL/MPL (ie, > 5 SD)  
 Barbui et al15 76, deep vein thrombosis 190 aPTT, KCT, dRVVT, PL neutralization > 10 GPL/MPL (ie, > 5 SD)  
 Stegnar et al16 118, deep vein thrombosis 147 Not done G, M > 4 SD  
 Hess et al17 110, cerebral stroke 122 Not done > 10 GPL/MPL  
 Ginsburg et al18 100, cerebral stroke 100 Not done > 1 GPL  
 Ginsburg et al18 90, deep vein thrombosis 90 Not done > 1 GPL  
 APASS Group19 248, cerebral stroke 255 Not done > 10 GPL/MPL  
 Camerlingo et al20 100, cerebral stroke 100 Not done ≥ 10 GPL  
 Vaarala et al21 133, myocardial infarction 133 Not done G, tertile and quartile  
 Zuckerman et al22 124, myocardial infarction 76 Not done > 10 GPL, 8 MPL (ie, > 2 SD)  
 Wu et al23 119, myocardial infarction 138 Not done G, M, A (> 2 SD) 
 Tuhrim et al24 524, cerebral stroke 1024 Not done ≥ 23 GPL, ≥ 11 MPL  
Cross-sectional studies     
 Bongard et al25 107, deep vein thrombosis 186 Not done > 5 GPL, > 3 MPL  
 Simioni et al26 59, deep vein thrombosis 117 Not specified Not done  
 Oger et al27 110, deep vein thrombosis 98 Not done G, M > 95th percentile 
Ambispective studies     
 Nencini et al28 55, cerebral stroke 56 TTI > 20 GPL/MPL 
 Ginsberg et al29 65, deep vein thrombosis 179 aPTT, dRVVT, DPT, HexII PE 30 GPL (ie, > 3 SD) 
Prospective studies     
 Levine et al30 81, anticardiolipin-positive and cerebral stroke — aPTT, KCT, dRVVT, TTI, PNP > 10 GPL or > 7.5 MPL  
 Abu-Shakra et al31 390, systemic lupus erythematosus — aPTT > 24 GPL  
 Prandoni et al32 21, lupus anticoagulants-positive and
deep vein thrombosis 
— Not specified Not specified 
 Finazzi et al33 360, antiphospholipid-positive — aPTT, KCT, dRVVT, TTI, PNP > 10 GPL/MPL  
 Petri et al34 337, systemic lupus erythematosus — dRVVT, RCT G, not specified 
 Levine et al35 132, anticardiolipin-positive and cerebral stroke — Not done > 10 GPL  
 Rance et al36 153, deep vein thrombosis — Not specified Not specified 
 Schulman et al37 412, deep vein thrombosis — Not done > 5 GPL  
 De Bandt et al38 90, systemic lupus erythematosus — aPTT, Rossner index, PL neutralization > 25 GPL (ie, 3 SD) 

aPTT indicates activated partial thromboplastin time; KCT, kaolin clotting time; dRVVT, dilute Russell viper venom time; PL neutralization, phospholipid neutralization test; TTI, tissue thromboplastin inhibition test; DPT, dilute prothrombin time; HexII PE, aPTT with hexagonal II phase phosphatidylethanolamine; PNP, platelet neutralization procedure; and RCT, recalcification time.

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