Table 1.
Subject Characteristics (AA)
| Group | CLE (N=25) |
Normal (N=26) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Females | 23 | 24 | 0.97 |
| Males | 2 | 2 | ||
| Age (years) |
Mean | 42.0 | 41.7 | 0.93 |
| SD | 11.0 | 12.2 | ||
| Season | Winter/Spring (Nov-Apr) |
12 | 12 | 0.89 |
| Summer/Fall (May-Oct) |
13 | 14 | ||
| Skin Type† |
V | 13 | 10 | 0.55 |
| VI | 12 | 13 | ||
| BMI | Mean | 29.8 | 28.9 | 0.67 |
| SD | 7.3 | 7.1 | ||
| CLE Subtypes |
ACLE | 3 | NA | NA |
| DLE | 20 | |||
| SCLE | 2 | |||
| SLE Status†† |
Positive | 11 | N/A | N/A |
| Negative | 14 |
Abbreviations: ACLE = acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, AA = African American, DLE = discoid lupus erythematosus, SCLE = subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, SD = standard deviation.
†
Skin type was not assessed in 3 normal AA controls.
††
SLE status is defined by the presence of four or more American College of Rheumatology criteria for the diagnosis of SLE.17