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Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Jan;71(1):126–133. doi: 10.1002/acr.23576

Table 2.

Raw Medians for Patient Reported Outcomes by Obesity Status

	Total	Obese^*	Not Obese	P
Disease Activity (SLAQ)	12.0 (8.0, 18.0)	15.0 (11.0, 19.0)	10.0 (5.0, 15.0)	<0.001
Depression (CES-D)	13.5 (5.0, 23.0)	20.0 (11.0, 31.0)	10.0 (4.0, 21.0)	<0.001
Pain (SF-36 Pain) ^†	41.4 (33.4, 50.3)	37.2 (33.0, 41.4)	46.1 (33.4, 55.4)	<0.001
Fatigue (SF-36 Vitality) ^†	42.7 (33.4, 52.1)	36.5 (30.2, 45.8)	45.8 (36.5, 55.2)	<0.001

Values are median (interquartile range). P-values calculated with Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

Obese defined as fat mass index ≥ 13 kg/m²

^†

Higher scores reflect better status (less pain/fatigue)

SLAQ – Systemic Lupus Activity Questionnaire (range: 0–44)

CES-D – Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (range: 0–60)

SF-36 – Short Form 36 Health Survey (range 0–100)