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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Mar 16;74(5):849–857. doi: 10.1002/acr.24522

Table 2.

Characteristics of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus deliveries using a high-performing algorithm across three centers.

≥ 4 SLE ICD-9 or ICD-10-CM and delivery codes1 Probable and Definite SLE deliveries1 Definite SLE deliveries1

Overall n2 = 438 Center 1 (VUMC) n = 269 Center 2 (DUMC) n = 119 Center 3 (MUSC) n = 50 Overall n = 369 Center 1 n = 231 Center 2 n = 93 Center 3 n = 45 Overall n = 286 Center 1 n = 170 Center 2 n = 84 Center 3 n = 32
Age at Delivery Mean ± standard deviation (Range) 29.5 ± 1.2 (16–46) 28.4 ± 5.6 (16–41) 30.8 ± 5.9 (19–46) 29.4 ± 5.2 (19–41) 29.5 ± 1.4 (16–46) 28.3 ± 5.6 (16–41) 31.0 ± 5.9 (19–46) 29.3 ± 5.2 (19–41) 29.2 ± 1.4 (16–46) 28.1 ± 5.7 (16–41) 30.8 ± 5.9 (19–46) 28.8 ± 5.6 (19–41)

Race, n (%)
African American 175 (42%) 83 (33%) 62 (62%) 30 (64%) 157 (44%) 74 (34%) 53 (57%) 30 (71%) 133 (48%) 61 (38%) 50 (60%) 22 (76%)
Caucasian 215 (51%) 160 (63%) 38 (32%) 17 (36%) 171 (48%) 134 (61%) 25 (27%) 12 (29%) 121 (44%) 93 (57%) 21 (25%) 7 (24%)
Asian 14 (3%) 7 (3%) 7 (6%) 0 (0%) 12 (4%) 6 (3%) 6 (6%) 0 (0%) 11 (4%) 6 (4%) 5 (6%) 0 (0%)
Other 17 (4%) 5 (2%) 12 (10%) 0 (0%) 14 (4%) 5 (2%) 9 (10%) 0 (0%) 10 (4%) 2 (1%) 8 (10%) 0 (0%)
Unknown 17 14 0 3 15 12 0 3 11 8 0 3

Ethnicity, n
Hispanic 24 (5%) 17 (6%) 7 (6%) 0 (05) 21 (6%) 17 (7%) 4 (4%) 0 (0%) 14 (5%) 10 (6%) 4 (5%) 0 (0%)
1

Applying the algorithm of ≥ 4 SLE ICD-9 or ICD-10-CM and delivery codes resulted in 438 possible deliveries across the 3 centers. Of these 438 deliveries, 369 were probable and definite SLE deliveries based on chart review and 286 were definite SLE deliveries.

2

Note n refers to number of deliveries. Note EHR delivery data available at VUMC 1993–2017, DUMC 2007–2018, and MUSC 2014–2017.