Table 1.

Backgrounds of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

	Lupus retinopathy
	Absent	Present
Number of SLE patients	80	11
Number of SLE admitted cases	6/91 (6.6 %)	3/11 (27.3 %)
Age at onset of SLE (years)	31.9	30.4
Oral Steroid dose at ophthalmological examination (range)	5–50 mg	10–40 mg
History of intravenous steroid	3/91 (3.3 %)	1/11 (9.1 %)
History of immunosuppressant treatment	8/91 (8.8 %)	1/11 (9.1 %)