Table 3.
Comparison between treatments used by cSLE and aSLE patients.
| Prednisone | Chloroquine | Azathioprine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time points | cSLE N = 63 (%) Average + SD |
aSLE N = 67 (%) Average + SD |
pa value | cSLE N = 63 (%) Average + SD |
aSLE N = 67 (%) Average + SD |
pavalue | cSLE N = 63 (%) Average + SD |
aSLE N = 67 (%) Average + SD |
pa value |
| TI | 54 (86%) 29.4 ± 20.5 |
62 (92%) 19.8 ± 17.6 |
0.048* | 36 (57%) 267 ± 155 |
42 (63%) 352 ± 180 |
0.010* | 23 (36%) 137 ± 82 |
23 (34%) 129 ± 66 |
0.864 |
| TII | 58 (92%) 26.5 ± 19.5 |
60 (89%) 18.2 ± 16.4 |
0.012* | 45 (71%) 291 ± 149 |
43 (64%) 350 ± 178 |
0.429 | 25 (40%) 120 ± 68 |
24 (36%) 122 ± 63 |
0.597 |
| TIII | 58 (92%) 21.4 ± 15.3 |
55 (82%) 15.5 ± 12.2 |
0.007* | 42 (67%) 283 ± 149 |
39 (52%) 329 ± 170 |
0.718 | 27 (43%) 125 ± 68 |
24 (36%) 132 ± 69 |
0.414 |
| TIV | 58 (92%) 18.8 ± 14.7 |
53 (79%) 14.7 ± 11.7 |
0.030* | 39 (62%) 308 ± 159 |
41 (61%) 318 ± 165 |
0.879 | 28 (44%) 126 ± 71 |
24 (36%) 121 ± 65 |
0.209 |
| pbvalue | <0.001* | <0.001* | 0.003* | 0.518 | 0.245 | 0.476 | |||
*p ≤ 0.05 is considered statistically significant.
Pa Results from the Mann-Whitney test.
Pb Results from the Friedman test.