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Table 24 (abstract P273). Patient Characteristics, education, work participation

From: Proceedings of the 23rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: part two

 

cSLE

n = 106

SLE

n = 38

p*

Female

93%

95%

 

Ethnicity

   

White

71%

71%

 

Non White

29%

29%

 

Age at study visit (median (range))

33 (18 – 65)

39 (25 – 76)

0.001

Age at diagnosis, yrs (median (range))

14 (4 – 17)

28 (18 – 69)

0.000

Disease duration, yrs (median (range))

20 (1 – 55)

11 (1 – 34)

0.000

Current SLEDAI-2 K score (median (range))

4 (0 – 14)

4 (0 – 10)

 

SDI-score (median (range))

1 (0 – 8)

1 (0 – 7)

 

Patients with SLICC-DI ≥ 1

61% (65/106)

58% (22/38)

 

Course of education negatively affected due to SLE

86% (91/106)

37% (14/38)

0.000

Choice of education negatively affected due to SLE

60% (63/106)

26% (10/38)

0.001

Choice of career negatively affected due to SLE

58% (62/106)

41% (14/38)

Student

 

26% (27/106)

0% (0/38)

 

Work status (non-students)

Dutch norm

n = 79

n = 38

 

Full-time %

23%

17% (13/79)

13% (5/38)

 

Part-time %

69%

41% (33/79)

42% (16/38)

 

Unemployed %

8%

41% (33/79)

45% (17/38)

 

Reduced working hours, (partially) due to SLE

16% (13/79)

16% (6/38)

 

Quit working, (partially) due to SLE

27% (21/79)

26% (10/38)

 

Never worked, (partially) due to SLE

4% (3/79)

0%

 

Work disabled (fully and partially)

53 % (42/79)

32% (12/38)

0.028

SLICC-DI ≥ 1

83% (35/42)

67% (8/12)

  1. *If no p-values are given, differences between cSLE and SLE were not statistically significant