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Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Sep 17;67(6):829–834. doi: 10.1136/ard.2007.077594

Table 4.

Poisson multivariable regression of damage accrual in patients in the LUMINA cohort

Variables	χ²	p Value
Age, years	68.49	<0.0001
Gender, male	3.99	0.0459
Ethnicity
Hispanic-Texan	35.22	<0.000l
Hispanic-Puerto Rican	Reference group
African American	40.99	<0.000l
Caucasian	23.62	<0.000l
Poverty level	19.53	<0.0001
Disease duration, years	24.75	<0.0001
SLAM-R, average weighted score	170.30	<0.0001
Seizures	51.43	<0.0001
Glucocorticoid use, weighted average dose	20.78	<0.0001

LUMINA, LUpus in MInorities: NAture versus Nurture; SLAM-R, Systemic Lupus Activity Measure-Revised.