Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of women <45 years with SLE.

Characteristic	Women <45 years n=222 (%)
Age, mean ± SD (range)	36 ± 6 (19–44)
Disease duration, mean ± SD (range)	13.5 ± 6 (1–30)
Race/ethnicity, n(%)
Caucasian	98 (44)
Latino	25 (11)
African-American	32 (14)
Asian/Pacific Islander	37 (17)
Other	30 (14)
Education, n(%)
≤High school graduate	33 (15)
Some college/vocational	79 (36)
College degree	110 (50)
Marital status, n(%)
Married/living with partner	124 (56)
Not married	98 (44)
SLE activity (SLAQ† score), mean ± SD (range)	9.8 ± 7 (0–38)

SLAQ=Systemic Lupus Activity Questionnaire.