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Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Jul 5;69(8):1612–1622. doi: 10.1002/art.40134

Table 2.

Change in Accumulated Damage and Odds of Experiencing a Clinically Meaningful Difference in Damage Score¹ from 2009–2015, by Poverty Status, with and without adjustment for Demographic Characteristics, Health Care Measures, and Health Behaviors

Accumulated Disease Damage	Mean ± standard deviation

Score in 2009	1.9 ± 2.0
Change in score 2009–2015	1.43 ± 1.76
Models of continuous measure (change in score)	Difference (95% CI) between Poor and Non-Poor

Unadjusted	0.68 (0.34, 1.02)	^*
Adjusted²	0.62 (0.25, 0.98)	^*
Meaningful Clinically Important Difference (MCID) in accumulated damage

MCID cut-point	2
Percentage with MCID	36%
Models of MCID	Odds Ratios (95% CI) for Poor vs. Non-Poor

Unadjusted	1.71 (1.11, 2.67)	^*
Adjusted²	1.67 (0.98, 2.85)	^**

p<0.05

^**

p<0.10

Brief Index of Lupus Damage (BILD)

Adjusted for demographic characteristics, disease duration, health care characteristics, and health behaviors.