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. 2019 Jun 29;6(1):e000330. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2019-000330

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients with SLE aged ≤45 years compared with patients in the CARDIA cohort

SLE ≤45 years (n=50) CARDIA (n=3042) P value Women with SLE aged ≤45 years (n=46) Women in the CARDIA cohort (n=1659) P value
Age, years 32±8 40±4 < 0.001 32±8 40±4 < 0.001
Female, n (%) 46 (92%) 1659 (54%) < 0.001
Race/ethnicity
 White, n (%) 3 (6%) 1666 (55%) < 0.001 3 (7%) 859 (52%) < 0.001
 Hispanic, n (%) 16 (32%) 14 (30%)
 Black, n (%) 24 (48%) 1376 (45%) 0.70 23 (50%) 800 (48%) 0.81
Hypertension, n (%) 22 (44%) 705 (23%) < 0.001 22 (48%) 274 (17%) < 0.001
Diabetes, n (%) 3 (6%) 305 (10%) 0.87 3 (7%) 125 (8%) 0.85
Ever smoker, n (%) 2 (4%) 1718 (56%) < 0.001 2 (4%) 884 (53%) < 0.001
BMI, kg/m2 27.8±9 28.4±6 0.49 28.2±9 28.8±7 0.59
Total cholesterol, mg/dL 183±88 183±41 0.99 191±90 178±40 0.07
HDL, mg/dL 49±19 50±16 0.69 50±19 54±16 0.10
LDL, mg/dL 100±52 111±36 0.05 106±52 107±33 0.92
Aspirin use, n (%) 16 (32%) 213 (7%) < 0.001 14 (30%) 78 (5%) < 0.001

Characteristics are expressed as n (%) or as the mean±SD. Values in bold are considered significant (∝<0.05).

Data for all patients (left) and women only (right) are shown.

BMI, body mass index; CARDIA, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.