Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Study Participants

Characteristic	Participants (n = 63)
Age: mean ± SD years (range)	42.5 ± 13.5 (21.0 – 78.0)
Female: n (%)	62 (98.4)
Race: n (%)
White	31 (49.2)
Black	15 (23.8)
Asian	9 (14.3)
More than One Race	5 (7.9)
Not Reported	3 (4.8)
Ethnicity: n (%)
Hispanic/Latino	10 (15.9)
Insurance: n (%)
Medicaid	14 (22.2)
Medicare	7 (11.1)
Commercial	42 (66.7)
On Disability (by patient self-report): n (%)	17 (27.0)
Geographic Location: n (%)
Boston	23 (36.5)
New York	40 (63.5)
SLE Characteristics
SLE Disease Duration: mean ± SD years (range)	10.9 ± 9.2 (0.5 – 44)
SELENA-SLEDAI: mean ± SD (range) [Range 0 to 105, higher worse]	3.3 ± 3.3 (0 – 14)
SLICC/ACR Damage Index: mean ± SD (range) [Range 0 to 46, higher worse]	1.0 ± 2.0 (0 – 13)
Co-Morbid Conditions (by patient self-report)
Anxiety: n (%)	14 (22.2)
Depression: n (%)	13 (20.6)
Fibromyalgia: n (%)	11 (17.5)