Table 2.

Differences in SLEDAI-2000 and BILAG-2004 glossary definitions

Parameter	BILAG-2004 [2–22]	SLEDAI-2K [16]
Ophthalmologic	Pathology in all areas of the eye	Pathology limited to retinal abnormalities
Arthritis	Minimum score requires 1 joint	Minimum score requires 2 joints
Fever	>37.5°C, 99.5°F	>38°C, 100.4°F
Proteinuria	Renal score B	>0.5 g/24 h = 0.5 mg/mg = 500 mg/g
	≥50 mg/mmol = 0.44 mg/mg = 440 mg/g
Pleuritis		Requires objective evidence such as rub or supportive imaging
Pericarditis		Requires objective evidence such as rub or supportive imaging
Leukopenia	Hematology score C	<3,000/mL abnormal
	≤3,900/mL considered abnormal
Thrombocytopenia	Score if ≤149,000	Score if <100,000
Anti-DNA and complement	Not included	Abnormalities included