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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Aug 13;69(9):1823–1831. doi: 10.1002/art.40174

Table 2.

Annual Rates of Cardiovascular Disease (MI and Stroke), among SLE patients enrolled in Medicaid within the 29 most populated U.S. states, 2000–2010, Overall and by Race/Ethnicity

Number of Patients Age at Event,
Mean (SD)
Number of Events Person-years,
mean (SD)
IR*
(95% CI)
IRR**
(95%CI)
Cardiovascular Disease (MI or stroke)
All patients 65,788 48.00 (11.41) 2,259 3.69 (3.03) 9.31 (8.93–9.70) -
White 25,204 50.32 (10.93) 814 3.62 (3.00) 8.91 (8.32–9.54) 1.0 (ref)
Black 27,470 46.71 (11.19) 1,070 3.68 (3.02) 10.57 (9.96–11.22) 1.18 (1.13–1.23)
Hispanic 10,562 46.73 (12.15) 304 3.85 (3.11) 7.48 (6.68–8.37) 0.84 (0.79–0.90)
Asian 1,827 43.67 (12.41) 46 3.80 (3.07) 6.63 (4.97–8.85) 0.75 (0.65–0.86)
American Indian/Alaska Native 725 50.60 (12.08) 25 3.66 (3.01) 9.42 (6.37–13.94) 1.06 (0.88–1.28)
*

IR = incidence rate, annual CVD event rate per 1,000 person years, IRR: incidence rate ratio, SD: Standard deviation; Cell sizes of < 11 individuals =suppressed in accordance with Federal reporting requirements