Table 2.
Time points | Positive (n=20) |
Non-positive (n=97) |
P value (Student's t-test) | |
SLICC/ACR criteria (total) | t=0 | 3.8±2.1 | 1.9±1.1 | 0.001 |
t=2 | 4.5±2.2 | 2.1±1.2 | <0.0001 | |
SLICC/ACR criteria (clinical) |
t=0 | 2.1±1.5 | 1.1±0.8 | 0.015 |
t=2 | 2.4±1.6 | 1.3±0.8 | 0.006 | |
SDI (not including patients with established SLE at baseline) |
t=0 | 1.3±1.4 | 0.8±0.12 | ns |
t=2 | 1.9±1.3 | 1.03±1.3 | 0.01 | |
SDI (including patients with established SLE at baseline) |
t=0 | (n=31) 1.8±2.02 |
(n=107) 0.8±1.2 |
0.01 |
t=2 | 2.2±2.0 | 1.1±1.3 | 0.006 |
ACR, American College of Rheumatology; SDI, Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Damage Index; SLICC, Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics.