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Table 7 (abstract P189). Patient characteristics

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

 

cSLE

n = 111

SLE

n = 40

p*

Female

91% (101/111)

93% (37/40)

 

Ethnicity

White

69% (77/111)

68% (27/40)

 

Non White

31% (34/111)

32% (13/40)

 

Age at study visit (median (range))

33 (18 – 65)

40 (25 – 76)

p = 0.000

Age at diagnosis in yrs (median (range))

14 (4 – 17)

28 (18 – 69)

p = 0.000

Disease duration in yrs (median (range))

20 (1 – 55)

11 (1 – 34)

p = 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

62% (69/111)

60% (24/40)

p = 0.05

Musculoskeletal

41% (28/69)

46% (11/24)

p = 0.027

Renal

23% (16/69)

8% (2/24)

Neuropsychiatric

33%(23/69)

13% (3/24)

Cardiovascular

13% (9/69)

33% (8/24)

Patients currently using any immunosuppressive drug

87% (97/111)

93% (37/40)

 

Current prednisone use

60% (58/97)

59% (22/37)

Renal involvement (ever)

60% (67/111)

48% (19/40)

 

Renal damage on SDI

24% (16/67)

11% (2/19)

n.s.

Neuropsychiatric involvement (ever)

41% (45/111)

30% (12/40)

n.s.

Neuropsychiatric damage on SDI

51% (23/45)

25% (3/12)

Myocardial infarction

5% (5/111)

3% (1/40)

Cerebrovascular accident

6% (7/111)

3% (1/40)

  1. p < 0.05 compared to Dutch norm; *if no p-values are given, differences between cSLE and SLE were not statistically significant