Final adult height of patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross sectional analysis

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of childhood and adult onset SLE patients enrolled in Lupus Outcome Study

Variable	cSLE^a (N = 72)	aSLE^b(N = 494)	p-value
Sociodemographics	N (%) or Mean ± SD
Age at diagnosis, years	14 ± 3	33 ± 10	< 0.001
Age at interview, years	33 ± 9	49 ± 9	< 0.001
Sex, female	63 (88%)	465 (94%)	0.01
Race/Ethnicity (%)			< 0.001
White	37 (51%)	347 (70%)
Hispanic	11 (15%)	39 (8%)
African American	5 (7%)	35 (7%)
Asian	11 (15%)	50 (10%)
Other	8 (11%)	23 (5%)
SLE Characteristics
Dialysis ever (A)	13 (18%)	34 (7%)	0.001
Renal transplant ever (B)	10 (14%)	24 (5%)	0.003
End-stage ever (A and/or B)	15 (21%)	37 (7%)	< 0.001
Treated w Steroids ever	72 (100%)	465 (94%)	0.02
Treated w Cyclophosphamide ever	10 (14%)	66 (13%)	0.9

^acSLE = Childhood-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (diagnosis age < 18 years)
^baSLE = Adult-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (diagnosis age 18+ years)

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