Phenome-wide association study identifies marked increased in burden of comorbidities in African Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus

Table 1 Demographics of African Americans and Caucasians with SLE

Demographics	African Americans (n = 270)	Caucasians (n = 715)	p value^a
Current age, mean ± SD	44 ± 17	53 ± 17	<0.001
Age at first SLE code (710.0), mean ± SD	35 ± 16	43 ± 17	<0.001
Female (%)	89	90	0.83
Years of follow up in the EHR, mean ± SD	9 ± 5	10 ± 5	0.10

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