Table 1.
Demographic, psychological, and disease characteristics in SLE patients and controls.
| Variables | SLE patients (N = 158) |
Control subjects (N = 196) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female gendera | 144 (91.2) | 176 (89.8) | 0.76 |
| Age, yearsb | 32.9 ± 10.2 | 35.0 ± 11.4 | 0.20 |
| SAS (≥50)a | 32 (20.3) | 14 (7.1) | <0.01 |
| SDS (≥53)a | 52 (32.9) | 28 (14.3) | 0.003 |
| SLEDAI | 11.8 ± 9.5 | ||
| Marital statusb | |||
| Single | 32 (20.3) | 56 (18.6) | 0.20 |
| Married | 126 (79.7) | 140 (71.4) | |
| Educationb | |||
| <9 years | 86 (54.4) | 96 (49.0) | 0.47 |
| ≥9 years | 72 (45.6) | 100 (51.0) | |
| Work statusb | |||
| Working | 30 (19.0) | 44 (22.5) | 0.57 |
| Unemployed | 128 (81.0) | 152 (77.5) | |
| Income/personb | |||
| ≤2000 yuan | 100 (63.3) | 118 (60.2) | 0.68 |
| >2000 yuan | 58 (36.7) | 78 (39.8) | |
| Menstrual historyb | |||
| Normal | 96 (66.7) | 102 (58.0) | 0.26 |
| Abnormal | 48 (33.3) | 74 (42.0) |
aMean ± SD. bNumber (percentage).
SAS: revised Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: revised Self-Rating Depression Scale; SLEDAI: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index.