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Table 1 Demographic features of South African pediatric SLE patients

From: Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus patients in South Africa have high prevalence and severity of cardiac and vascular manifestations

 

Cardiac and vascular subgroup (n = 45)

Non-cardiac/ vascular subgroup (n = 48)

P-value

Mean age at diagnosis, years (SD)

11.4 (3.5)

12 (3.2)

0.460

Female % (n)

84 (38)

81 (39)

0.683

Black % (n)

33.4 (15)

18.8 (9)

0.108

Coloured (mixed ethnicity) % (n)

55.6 (25)

75 (36)

0.048

White % (n)

9 (4)

4.2 (2)

0.354

Indian % (n)

3 (1)

2 (1)

0.963