| Balkaran et al [5] | Spinosa et al. [6] | Abdwani et al. [7] | Hiraki et al. [8] | Agarwal et al. [9] | Gulay et al. [10] |
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Country | Trinidad | Brazil | Oman | Canada | India | Phillipines |
Sample size | 33 | 47 | 50 | 256 | 70 | 78 |
Clinical features (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Malar rash | 36 | 32 | - | 61 | 57 | 65 |
Musculoskeletal | 70 | 32 | 76 | 61 | 66 | 41 |
Renal disease | 64 | 38 | 64 | 45 | 77 | 63 |
Fever | 76 | 34 | 62 | 39 | 94 | - |
Weight loss | -* | 26 | 52 | 29 | 30 | - |
Ulcers | - | 9 | - | 33 | - | 54 |
Alopecia | - | 17 | 36 | 22 | 46 | 40 |
Pleuritis/ Pleural effusion | 9 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
Pericarditis/ Pericardial effusion | 24 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
Neuropsychiatric | - | 36 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 31 |