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Table 1 Demographic and population characteristics, stratified for the cohort and by intervention group (Social Media and Control) in systemic lupus subjects

From: Improvement of medication adherence in adolescents and young adults with SLE using web-based education with and without a social media intervention, a pilot study

 

Total cohort (n = 27)

Control (n = 14)

Social Media (n = 13)

p-value*

Age (mean) yrs

18.1 ± 2.5

18.1 ± 2.5

18.2 ± 2.5

0.99**

Race

Cauc

13 (48%)

Cauc

5 (36%)

Cauc

8 (61%)

0.26

AA

1 (4%)

AA

0 (0%)

AA

1 (8%)

Hispanic

10 (37%)

Hispanic

7 (50%)

Hispanic

3 (23%)

Asian

3 (11%)

Asian

2 (14%)

Asian

1 (8%)

Gender (female)

26 (96%)

13 (93%)

13 (100%)

0.25

Disease duration (yrs)

4.2 ± 2.6

3.9 ± 2.4

4.5 ± 2.9

0.57**

SLAQ score

12.0 ± 8.5

10.3 ± 8.9

13.8 ± 8.1

0.31**

Current HCQ use

24 (89%)

12 (86%)

12 (92%)

0.59

  1. AA African-American, SLAQ Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Activity Questionnaire, HCQ hydroxychloroquine, *p-value is for comparison between control group and social media group, **p-value calculated via Student t-test