Table 1. Subjects.

	SLE cases	Mean Age in years (SD)	Median SLEDAI	Interquartile range SLEDAI	% on oral Immuno- suppressants	% on hydroxy- chloroquine +/− low dose steroid
African-American(AA)	21	43.0 (13.4)	4	0 to 8	42.8	47.6*
European-American(EA)	21	43.1 (12.5)	4	2 to 6	61.9	38.1

There was no difference in age amongst the groups.

All the cases fulfilled the ACR criteria for the diagnosis of SLE.

^*Data regarding medication use was not available for one AA SLE patient, so total adds to less than 100%