Fig. 1.

Disease activity in patients that flared in the past 12 months. Association of disease activity with (a) Patients flaring in past 12 months (b) Number of flares in past 12 months. Patients were considered to have low disease activity if they had a SLEDAI score of ≤ 4 and were receiving a glucocorticoid dose of ≤ 7.5 mg/day; patients were considered to have active disease if they had a SLEDAI score of > 4 or were receiving a glucocorticoid at a dose of > 7.5 mg/day. CI, confidence interval; SLEDAI, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index