LLDAS (208/259, 80.3%) | Active (51/259, 19.7%) | p value | |
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Median age at enrollment (years) (IQR) | 47 (38.5–55) | 38 (30–47) | p < 0.001 |
Median disease duration (years) (IQR) | 15 (7–21) | 9 (5–17) | p = 0.052 |
Ethnicity (% of Caucasian) | 98.6% | 96.1% | ns |
Sex (% of female) | 92.3% | 96.1% | ns |
Median SELENA-SLEDAI at enrollment (IQR) | 2 (0–2) | 6 (5–8) | p < 0.0001 |
Median SLICC-DI at enrollment (IQR) | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–1) | ns |
Fibromyalgia (% of patients) | 12% | 5.9% | ns |
Cumulative renal involvement (% of patients) | 42.8% | 47% | ns |
Cumulative cutaneous involvement (% of patients) | 51.9% | 66.7% | p = 0.062 |
Cumulative articular involvement (% of patients) | 66.3% | 76.5% | ns |
Cumulative serositic involvement (% of patients) | 19.2% | 19.6% | ns |
Cumulative haematological involvement (% of patients) | 49% | 66.7% | p = 0.026 |
Cumulative neuropsychiatric involvement (% of patients) | 12.5% | 7.8% | ns |
Ongoing GC (% of patients) | 44.2% | 78.4% | p < 0.001 |
Median daily GC dose (mg methylprednisolone) (IQR) | 0 (0–4) | 4 (2–8) | p < 0.0001 |
Ongoing immunosuppressant (% of patients) | 39.4% | 62.7% | p = 0.003 |
Ongoing HCQ (% of patients) | 78.4% | 76.5% | ns |