Table 2.
Patient baseline disease activity, damage, and health‐related quality of lifea
| BILAG‐2004 index | 16.4 ± 8.1 |
| SLICC/ACR DI (n = 98) | 0.56 ± 1.18 |
| SLICC/ACR DI, no. (%) | |
| Score of 0 | 71 (72) |
| Score of 1 | 14 (14) |
| Score of 2 | 6 (6) |
| Score of ≥3 | 7 (7) |
| LupusQoL domain scores | |
| Physical health | 42.6 ± 26.6 |
| Pain | 40.9 ± 28.0 |
| Planning | 46.4 ± 32.2 |
| Intimate relationships | 37.8 ± 33.5 |
| Burden to others | 33.3 ± 28.2 |
| Emotional health | 51.4 ± 25.8 |
| Body image | 45.5 ± 29.1 |
| Fatigue | 34.1 ± 26.0 |
| SF‐36 domain scores | |
| Physical functioning | 38.1 ± 26.9 |
| Bodily pain | 31.8 ± 23.1 |
| Social functioning | 42.3 ± 29.7 |
| General health perceptions | 25.0 ± 18.6 |
| Role emotional | 28.7 ± 39.4 |
| Mental health | 51.0 ± 21.5 |
| Role physical | 12.1 ± 27.5 |
| Vitality | 21.9 ± 20.0 |
a
Values are mean ± SD unless indicated otherwise. BILAG‐2004 = British Isles Lupus Assessment Group 2004; SLICC = Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics; ACR = American College of Rheumatology; DI = damage index; SF‐36 = Short Form 36 health survey.