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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Oct 12;69(11):2162–2169. doi: 10.1002/art.40222

Table 3. Characteristics of incident SLE cases, NHSII, 1989-2011, N=73 cases.

Characteristic N %
Race, White 68 93.2
Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) positive 72 98.6
Anti-double stranded DNA antibody (anti-dsDNA) positive 39 53.4
Arthritis, yes 53 72.6
Hematologic involvement 47 63.4
Renal involvement 7 9.6
Seen by an ACR member rheumatologist 65 89.0