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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Aug;63(8):1170–1177. doi: 10.1002/acr.20503

Table 2.

Item by item comparison of SLICC Damage Index (SDI), Lupus Damage Index Questionnaire (LDIQ), and Brief Index of Lupus Damage (BILD) in clinic sample of 81 patients.

BILD vs. SDI LDIQ vs. SDI**
Organ System and Item SDI
# (%)
BILD
# (%)
%
agree
PABAK LDIQ
# (%)
%
agree
PABAK
Ocular
 Any cataract ever 14 17% 14 17% 93% 0.85 14 19% 97% 0.95
 Retinal change or optic atrophy 2 2% 6 7% 93% 0.85 10 14% 89% 0.78
Neuropsychiatric
 Cognitive impairment or major psychosis 6 7% 4 5% 88% 0.75 17 23% 77% 0.54
 Seizures requiring therapy 6+ mos. 7 9% 4 5% 94% 0.88 3 4% 93% 0.86
 Cerebrovasc accident/resection 4 5% 10 12% 90% 0.80 5 7% 93% 0.86
 Transverse myelitis 0 1 1% 99% 0.98 12 16% 84% 0.68
 Cranial/peripheral neuropathy 6 7% (omitted) 18 24% 73% 0.46
Renal
 ESRD (dialysis/transplant) 6 7% 8 10% 95% 0.90 4 5% 96% 0.92
 GFR <50% 4 5% (omitted) 32 43% 62% 0.24
Proteinuria >3.5g/24h 5 6% (omitted) 40 54% 53% 0.05
Pulmonary
 Pulm. hypertension 2 2% 5 6% 96% 0.93 7 9% 93% 0.86
 Pulm. fibrosis 0 - 0 - 100% 1.00 5 7% 93% 0.86
 Shrinking lung 0 - (omitted) 1 1% 99% 0.97
 Pleural fibrosis 1 1% (omitted) 4 5% 96% 0.92
 Pulm. infarction or resection 1 2% (omitted) 5 7% 95% 0.89
Cardiovascular
 Angina or coronary artery bypass 0 - 2 2% 98% 0.95 3 4% 96% 0.92
 Myocardial infarction 2 2% 1 1% 98% 0.95 1 1% 99% 0.97
 Pericarditis 6+mos, or pericardiectomy 5 9% 3 5% 93% 0.86 5 9% 96% 0.93
 Cardiomyopathy 4 5% (omitted) 3 4% 99% 0.97
 Valvular disease 1 1% (omitted) 3 4% 95% 0.89
Peripheral vascular
 Minor tissue loss (pulp space) 4 5% 14 17% 88% 0.75 4 5% 95% 0.89
 Sig. tissue loss, ever 0 - 2 2% 98% 0.95 3 4% 96% 0.92
 Venous thrombosis with swelling, 8 10% 10 12% 88% 0.75 5 7% 88% 0.76
 ulceration or venous stasis
 Claudication, 6+mos 0 - (omitted) 9 12% 88% 0.76
Gastrointestinal
 Chronic peritonitis 0 - 2 2% 98% 0.95 0 - 100% 1.00
 Stricture or upper GI tract surgery 0 - 1 1% 99% 0.98 6 8% 92% 0.84
 Infarction/resection bowel, spleen liver,
 gall bladder
3 4% (omitted) 5 7% 97% 0.95
 Mesenteric insufficiency 0 - (omitted) (omitted)
 Pancreatic insufficiency 1 1% (omitted) 1 1% 100% 1.00
Musculoskeletal
 Deforming or erosive arthritis* 2 2% 12 15% 84% 0.68 12 16% 81% 0.61
 Osteoporosis w. fracture or vertebral.
 collapse
4 5% 6 74% 95% 0.90 4 5% 92% 0.84
 Avascular necrosis 7 9% 6 7% 96% 0.93 5 7% 95% 0.89
 Osteomyelitis 0 - 0 - 100% 1.00 1 1% 99% 0.97
 Muscle atrophy or weakness 4 5% (omitted) 1 1% 93% 0.86
 Ruptured Tendon 0 - (omitted) 1 1% 98% 0.96
Skin
 Extensive scarring/panniculum* 8 10% 28 35% 75% 0.51 21 28% 77% 0.54
 Skin ulceration (not thrombosis), >6
 mos.
4 5% 8 10% 93% 0.85 8 11% 92% 0.84
 Scarring chronic alopecia 5 6% (omitted) 13 18% 80% 0.59
Premature gonadal failure 1 2% 13 16% 85% 0.70 6 8% 91% 0.81
Diabetes 4 5% 7 9% 90% 0.80 6 8% 95% 0.89
Malignancy 1 2% 2 2% 99% 0.98 2 3% 99% 0.97
*

These two items were dropped from the final BILD score.

**

Based on 74 patients with LDIQ score.