Table 2.

Description of the African American Cohort (n=698)

Characteristic	Statistic
Age at survey (years), mean ± SD	47.5 ± 13.7
Age group (years), n (%)
18–34	149 (21.3)
35–54	322 (46.1)
55+	227 (32.5)
Disease duration (years), mean ± SD	15.3 ± 10.2
Gender (female), n (%)	650 (93.1)
Education (years), mean ± SD	14.3 ± 2.8
Educational attainment, n (%)
High school or less	241 (34.8)
Some college	243 (35.1)
Some college	208 (30.1)
Uninsured, n (%)	88 (12.7)
Insurance*, n (%)	607 (87.3)
Medicaid	122 (17.6)
Medicare/Medicaid	85 (12.2)
Medicare	172 (24.7)
Private insurance	228 (32.8)
Unemployed or disabled, n (%)	284 (42.0)
Disease activity score, mean ± SD	16.0 ± 8.6
Severity of disease activity, n (%)
None-mild (SLAQ score 0–10)	219 (31.4)
Moderate (SLAQ score 11–19)	246 (35.2)
Severe (SLAQ score ≥20)	233 (33.4)
Depression (PHQ score), mean ± SD	7.6 ± 6.1
Severity of depression symptoms, n (%)
Minimal (PHQ-9 score 0–4)	261 (37.4)
Mild (PHQ-9 score 5–9)	212 (30.4)
Moderate to severe (PHQ-9 score >10)	225 (32.2)
Organ damage (SA-BILD score), median (IQR)	3 (1–4)
Organ damage ≥ 1, n (%)	608 (87.1)

^*3 cases with missing data.