Table 1 Demographic and disease related variables in 150 female patients with SLE
From: Prevalence and risk factors of vertebral compression fractures in female SLE patients
Demographic variables | Value |
|---|---|
Patient age (years) | 47 (20 to 82) |
Weight (kg) | 67 (43 to 96) |
Height (cm) | 166 (145 to 182) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.5 (17.2 to 35.3) |
Exercise/week | 0 (0 to 7) |
Smoking status | |
Nonsmoker n (%) | 59 (39) |
Previous smoker n (%) | 48 (32) |
Current smoker n (%) | 43 (29) |
Years of smoking, current or previous | 24 (0.5 to 48) |
Menopausal status | |
Premenopausal n (%) | 67 (45) |
Postmenopasal n (%) | 81 (55) |
Dietary calcium intake (mg/day) | 467 (0 to 1,510) |
Disease variables | |
Disease duration (years) | 11 (1 to 41) |
SLEDAI-2K | 5 (0 to 31) |
DI | 2 (0 to 11) |
Haemoglobin (g/l) | 131 (80 to 156) |
ESR (mm/1 hr) | 19 (2 to 125) |
CRP (mg/l) | 5 (3 to 79) |
Creatinine (μmol/l) | 88 (49 to 291) |
Calcium, ionized (mmol/l) | 1.22 (1.07 to 1.42) |
Glucocortocosteroid (Prednisolone) user n (%) | 78 (52) |
Prednisolone dose (mg) | 5 (2.5 to 35) |
Glucocorticosteroid (Prednisolone) ever user n (%) | 129 (86) |
Cumulative Prednisolone dose (g) | 11 (0.1 to 97.5) |
Immunosuppressive drug user n (%) | 80 (53) |
Calcium and vitamin D n (%) | 81 (54) |
Bisphosphonates n (%) | 21 (14) |
Postmenopausal | |
HRT n (%) | 4 (5) |
BMD lumbal spine (g/cm2) mean (SD) | 1.12 (0.18) |
BMD total hip (g/cm2) mean (SD) | 0.93 (0.14) |
BMD femur neck(g/cm2) mean (SD) | 0.89 (0.14) |
BMD radius total (g/cm2) mean (SD) | 0.51 (0.08) |
Patients with vertebral fracture n (%) | 43 (29) |
Vertebral fractures/patient | 0 (0 to 11) |
Sum of Genant's grading per patient | 0 (0 to 22) |
Patients with peripheral fracture n (%) | 22 (14) |