Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

Demographics	N	Min	Max	Mean	SD
Patient age	300	15	78	39.32	13.1
Age of appearance of symptoms	300	3	60	29.92	11.3
Age of SLE diagnosis confirmation	297	5	65	31.20	11.7
			Count		%
Total			300		100.0
Patient gender	Male		23		7.7
	Female		277		92.3
Patient educational level	Uneducated		22		7.3
	Primary school		34		11.3
	Intermediate school		39		13.0
	High school		76		25.3
	College		129		43.0
Patient living geographic area	Rural		49		16.3
	Urban		251		83.7