Table 2.
Subject Characteristics (C/H)
| Group | CLE (N=26) |
Normal (N=24) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Females | 25 | 23 | 0.95 |
| Males | 1 | 1 | ||
| Age (years) |
Mean | 48.2 | 47.7 | 0.91 |
| SD | 12.9 | 13.4 | ||
| Season | Winter/Spring (Nov-Apr) |
17 | 17 | 0.68 |
| Summer/Fall (May-Oct) |
9 | 7 | ||
| Ethnicity | Caucasian | 23 | 22 | 0.71 |
| Hispanic | 3 | 2 | ||
| Skin Type† |
I | 5 | 4 | 0.82 |
| II | 4 | 4 | ||
| III | 11 | 13 | ||
| IV | 4 | 2 | ||
| BMI | Mean | 27.8 | 27.2 | 0.67 |
| SD | 7.2 | 5.1 | ||
| CLE Subtypes |
ACLE | 3 | N/A | N/A |
| Bullous | 1 | |||
| DLE | 13 | |||
| SCLE | 8 | |||
| TLE | 1 | |||
| SLE Status†† |
Positive | 16 | N/A | N/A |
| Negative | 10 |
Abbreviations: ACLE = acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, C/H = Caucasian/Hispanic, DLE = discoid lupus erythematosus, SCLE = subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, SD = standard deviation, TLE = tumid lupus erythematosus.
†
Skin type was not assessed in 2 C/H CLE subjects and 1 normal C/H control.
††
SLE status is defined by the presence of four or more American College of Rheumatology criteria for the diagnosis of SLE.17