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. 2022 Jan 7;9(1):e000602. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2021-000602

Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics

All patients
56 women
61 pregnancies
202 visits
Subgroup for PK model
22 women
22 pregnancies
55 visits
N (%) or median (IQR) N (%) or median (IQR)
Age (years) 31 (27.5–34.3) 32 (28.9–34.6)
Race
White 29 (47.5%) 9 (40.9%)
Black 30 (49.2%) 12 (54.5%)
Other 2 (3.3%) 1 (4.5%)
Weight (kg), visit* 79.4 (66.7–96.3) 81.1 (65.7–100)
Missing weight, visit 5 (2.5%) 2 (3.6%)
Active LN in last 3 years 9 (14.8%) 2 (9.1%)
Serum creatinine (mg/dL), visit* 0.6 (0.5–0.8) 0.7 (0.6–0.8)
Missing serum creatinine, visit* 24 (11.9%) 7 (12.7%)
Disease activity (PGA) 0.33 (0–0.75) 0.25 (0.05–0.67)
Disease activity (PGA), visit* 0.39 (0–0.63) 0.18 (0–0.62)
Prednisone use, visit* 68 (33.7%) 14 (25.5%)
Prednisone dosage (mg), visit* 10 (5–20) 7.5 (5–13.4)
Azathioprine use, visit* 74 (36.6%) 17 (30.9%)
HCQ daily dosage (mg), visit*
400 157 (77.7%) 41 (74.5%)
200 18 (8.9%) 5 (9.1%)
 Other 27 (13.4%) 9 (16.4%)
HCQ dosing interval (hour), visit*
24 141 (69.8%) 39 (70.9%)
12 61 (30.2%) 16 (29.1%)

*'Visit’ represents the value across all study visits; whereas the data otherwise represent values averaged across all time points for each unique pregnancy. Weight and creatinine represent observed value before imputing missing data.

HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; LN, lupus nephritis; PGA, Physician Global Assessment; PK, pharmacokinetic.