The 1000 Canadian faces of systemic lupus erythematosus: effect of ethnicity on baseline pediatric data

Table 1 Classification criteria by ethnicity

Criterion %present	Total (n=191)	Aboriginal (n=9)	Asian (n=63)	South Asian (n=32)	Black (n=22)	White (n=65)	p-value
Malar rash	65	33	65	66	36	78	<0.05
Arthritis	62	78	46	72	59	71	<0.05
Serorsitis	18	44	16	16	41	11	<0.05
Renal	36	33	51	28	59	22	<0.01
Immunologic	81	100	87	97	82	65	<0.001
dsDNA	66	56	75	81	73	49	<0.01
Anti-Sm	32	56	43	22	41	20	<0.05
aPL (ACL or LAC)	47	33	49	53	55	42	NS

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