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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 Jun 28;74(8):1430–1439. doi: 10.1002/art.42127

Table 1.

Characteristics of Hospitalized Children with SLE by Race and Ethnicity

Total N=7,434 Asiana
N=563
Black
N=2,370
Hispanic
Other
N=891
Hispanic
White
N=1,217
Non-Hispanic
Otherb
N=1,617
Non-Hispanic
White
N=1,667
Calendar period, n (%)
 2006-2010 152 (27%) 941 (40%) 240 (27%) 533 (44%) 262 (36%) 506 (30%)
 2011-2015 210 (37%) 712 (30%) 347 (39%) 323 (27%) 241 (33%) 647 (39%)
 2016-2019 201 (36%) 717 (30%) 304 (34%) 361 (30%) 223 (31%) 514 (31%)
Age at index
admission, mean (SD) 13.8 (3.1) 14.6 (3.0) 13.9 (3.4) 14.2 (3.1) 14.2 (3.0) 14.5 (3.1)
Female Sex, n (%) 478 (85%) 1993 (84%) 717 (80%) 990 (81%) 601 (83%) 1335 (80%)
Insurance type, n (%)
 Public 245 (44%) 1423 (60%) 640 (72%) 823 (68%) 389 (54%) 641 (38%)
 Private 285 (51%) 761 (32%) 183 (21%) 284 (23%) 257 (35%) 907 (54%)
 Other/Unknown 33 ( 6%) 186 ( 8%) 68 ( 8%) 110 ( 9%) 80 (11%) 119 ( 7%)
Census Region, n (%)
 Midwest 90 (16%) 487 (21%) 120 (13%) 84 ( 7%) 130 (18%) 459 (28%)
 West 283 (50%) 226 (10%) 473 (53%) 594 (49%) 244 (34%) 374 (22%)
 Northeast 46 ( 8%) 263 (11%) 85 (10%) 49 ( 4%) 171 (24%) 211 (13%)
 South 144 (26%) 1394 (59%) 213 (24%) 490 (40%) 181 (25%) 623 (37%)
Urban Area Hospital 525 (93%) 2108 (89%) 785 (88%) 1078 (89%) 649 (89%) 1339 (80%)
Income Quartilec
 <$31,061 45 ( 8%) 680 (29%) 188 (21%) 277 (23%) 136 (19%) 237 (14%)
 $31,061-$39,625 98 (17%) 568 (24%) 247 (28%) 351 (29%) 174 (24%) 361 (22%)
 $39,626- $52,223 129 (23%) 545 (23%) 270 (30%) 311 (26%) 192 (26%) 462 (28%)
 >= $52,224 273 (49%) 511 (22%) 161 (18%) 248 (20%) 204 (28%) 557 (33%)
 Unknown/Missing 18 ( 3%) 66 ( 3%) 25 ( 3%) 30 ( 2%) 20 ( 3%) 50 ( 3%)
Nephritis 359 (64%) 1429 (60%) 523 (59%) 775 (64%) 406 (56%) 839 (50%)
Seizure 49 ( 9%) 261 (11%) 85 (10%) 113 ( 9%) 64 ( 9%) 126 ( 8%)
Stroke 24 ( 4%) 130 ( 5%) 41 ( 5%) 53 ( 4%) 41 ( 6%) 56 ( 3%)
Mental health
disorderd 129 (23%) 787 (33%) 286 (32%) 372 (31%) 219 (30%) 585 (35%)
a

Includes Pacific Islanders (n=193)

b

Includes Other race (n=1117), unreported race (n=407), and American Indian race (n=93)

c

Median household income for zip code

d

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders Classification System (CAMHD-CS) diagnosis groups