Table 3. Quality of life in cutaneous lupus erythematosus compared to common medical conditions.
Mean (p-value) norm-based SF-36 scores for patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus compared to common medical conditions, including: hypertension (HTN), congestive heart failure (CHF), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMII), recent myocardial infarction (MI) and clinical depression. The 8 subscales measured include: physical functioning (PF), role-physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), vitality (VT), social functioning (SF), role-emotional (RE), and mental health (MH). One patient was excluded because he did not complete the SF-36. Standard deviations were not available. Significance was set at p < 0.01.
| Sample size | PF Mean (p) | RP Mean (p) | BP Mean (p) | GH Mean (p) | VT Mean (p) | SF Mean (p) | RE Mean (p) | MH Mean (p) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutaneous lupus | 156 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 42 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 45 |
| Gen population | 2474 | 51 (<0.0001) | 51 (<0.0001) | 52 (0.0297) | 51 (<0.0001) | 52 (<0.0001) | 50 (<0.0001) | 49 (<0.0001) | 50 (<0.0001) |
| HTN | 2089 | 46 (0.7570) | 46 (0.6112) | 51 (0.2907) | 47 (<0.0001) | 51 (<0.0001) | 51 (<0.0001) | 48 (0.0045) | 52 (<0.0001) |
| CHF | 216 | 35 (<0.0001) | 38 (<0.0001) | 47 (0.0061) | 39 (0.001) | 44 (0.0566) | 45 (0.6981) | 44 (0.3894) | 50 (<0.0001) |
| DMII | 541 | 44 (0.0048) | 44 (0.3178) | 49 (0.6565) | 43 (0.1550) | 49 (<0.0001) | 49 (<0.0001) | 48 (0.0110) | 51 (<0.0001) |
| Recent MI | 107 | 44 (0.0506) | 43 (0.0123) | 51 (0.2180) | 45 (0.0027) | 50 (<0.0001) | 50 (<0.0001) | 47 (0.0513) | 50 (<0.0001) |
| Clinical depression | 502 | 45 (0.2583) | 41 (<0.0001) | 45 (<0.0001) | 42 (0.8082) | 42 (<0.0001) | 39 (<0.0001) | 36 (<0.0001) | 34 (<0.0001) |