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Table 1 Patient population characteristics

From: High risk of depression, anxiety, and an unfavorable complex comorbidity profile is associated with SLE: a nationwide patient-level study

Parameter

Total SLE population

SLE patients with

Matched control population

Matched control with

Depression

Anxiety

Depression/anxiety

Depression

Anxiety

Depression/anxiety

N(%)

1051 (100%)

104 (9.9%)

134 (12.7%)

187 (17.8%)

5255 (100%)

241 (4.6%)

307 (5.8%)

451 (8.6%)

Female,n(%)

894 (85.1%)

94 (90.4%)

123 (91.8%)

170 (90.9%)

4472 (85.1%)

218 (90.5%)

283 (92.2%)

411 (91.1%)

Median age at diagnosis date (years)

45.9

55.6

50.7

53.1

45.9

55.6

54.7

55.2

Median CCI (SD) within 2 years

 Prior to index period

1.8 (2.0)

2.8 (2.2)

2.4 (2.1)

2.4 (2.1)

1.2 (1.6)

1.8 (1.8)

1.8 (1.9)

1.9 (1.9)

 Post-index period

2.8 (2.0)

3.9 (2.2)

3.4 (2.1)

3.5 (2.2)

1.2 (1.7)

1.9 (1.8)

2.0 (2.0)

2.0 (2.0)

Death, n (%)

86 (8.2%)

11 (10.6%)

12 (9.0%)

17 (9.1%)

210 (4.0%)

20 (8.3%)

15 (4.9%)

29 (6.4%)

  1. Patient with depression, anxiety, depression/anxiety refers to patients (and controls) who have these mental comorbidities in the post-index period
  2. Abbreviations: CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, SD standard deviation, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus