Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patients with SLE in the study

Characteristic	SLE (n = 15)
Sex, male/female (n)	0/15 (15)
Age (years), median (range)	33 (17–57)
Duration (months), median (range)	3 (1–60)
SLEDAI score, median (range)	15 (10–30)
ANA > 1:320, yes/no (n)	15/0 (15)
Anti-dsDNA (IU/ml), median (range)	391.9 (25.9–800)
Hypocomplementemia, yes/no (n)	12/3 (15)
Organ involvement, yes/no (n)	6/9 (15)
Steroids, yes/no (n)	9/6 (15)
Immunosuppressive drugs, yes/no (n)	15/0 (15)

ANA antinuclear antibody, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, SLEDAI systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index