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Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 May 30;75(11):2285–2294. doi: 10.1002/acr.25136

Table 2.

Association between demographic and socioeconomic factors and the odds of missing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI-2K) and/or SLICC Damage Index (SDI) at enrollment among participants with childhood-onset SLE enrolled in the CARRA Registry (N = 758)a

OR (95% CI)b
Sex assigned at birth
  Male Reference
  Female 1.98 (0.89, 4.42)
Gender
  Male Reference
  Female 2.03 (0.91, 4.53)
  Other --
  Missing --
Age 0.92 (0.85, 0.99)
Race and ethnicity
  Asian/NHPI 0.52 (0.22, 1.26)
  Hispanic 0.86 (0.47, 1.55)
  Non-Hispanic Black/African American 0.63 (0.34, 1.18)
  Non-Hispanic Other (NA/AN, Middle Eastern, North African, race not previously mentioned, multiracial) 1.01 (0.44, 2.30)
  Non-Hispanic White Reference
  Missing 0.91 (0.19, 4.22)
Household income
  <$25,000 2.57 (0.91, 7.31)
  $25,000-49,999 1.77 (0.61, 5.11)
  $50,000-74,999 0.76 (0.21, 2.78)
  $75,000-99,999 0.41 (0.08, 2.22)
  $100,000-150,000 1.98 (0.63, 6.21)
  >$150,000 Reference
  Prefer not to answer 1.92 (0.69, 5.36)
  Missing 1.24 (0.40, 3.83)
Parental educational attainment
  <High school 0.93 (0.41, 2.11)
  High school graduate or GED 0.62 (0.31, 1.23)
  College 0.57 (0.31, 1.08)
  Graduate school Reference
  Missing 0.40 (0.18, 0.91)
Insurance status
  Private Reference
  Government-assisted 2.04 (1.22, 3.41)
  Other, including non-US insurance 0.88 (0.32, 2.39)
  None 1.19 (0.26, 5.45)
  Missing 2.53 (1.01, 6.34)
a

Excludes 8 participants missing age-related variables.

b

Models run separately for each demographic or socioeconomic factor and adjusted for age (except age model), disease duration at enrollment (continuous), and time since first seen by a pediatric rheumatologist (continuous).

CI: Confidence interval; GED: General Equivalent Degree; NA/AN: Native American or Alaska Native; NHPI: Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; OR: Odds ratio; SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus